Returning to Rawls: Social contracting, social justice, and transcending the limitations of locke

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-76

  Marens, Richard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Donaldson; Dunfee; Economic justice; Locke; Mill; Rawls; Social contract; Whig

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548264602     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9238-7     Document Type: Article

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