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The Social Contract: Political Equality from Putney to Rawls provides a comprehensive historical examination of how political equality has been understood and debated throughout Western political philosophy. Beginning with the Putney Debates of the English Civil War, William A. Edmundson traces the development of social contract theory through major thinkers and pivotal moments in intellectual history.
The book explores how philosophers and political theorists have grappled with fundamental questions about equality, rights, and the legitimacy of government. Edmundson demonstrates the continuities and transformations in social contract thinking, ultimately connecting these historical developments to John Rawls’s modern theory of justice. This work serves as both a historical survey and a philosophical inquiry into one of the most enduring concepts in political thought.
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