Rawls's 'justice as fairness': A moral basis for contemporary planning theory

Planning Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-172

  Stein, Stanley M ^a   Harper, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Justice as fairness; Justification of planning; Moral basis of planning theory; Political liberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248035897     PISSN: 14730952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473095205054603     Document Type: Article

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