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| Author | Michael Sandel |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Liberalism |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 231 |
| ISBN | 978-0521567411 |
Liberalism and the Limits of Justice (1982; second edition 1998) is a book by the American political philosopher Michael J. Sandel. The book presents a critique of John Rawls' theory of justice as fairness, as articulated in A Theory of Justice (1971). Sandel challenges Rawls' conception of the self and argues that liberal political philosophy inadequately accounts for the embeddedness of individuals in social and historical contexts. The book is considered a significant contribution to communitarian critiques of liberalism, although Sandel does not fully embrace the communitarian label.