Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like?

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This is superb work, in both explaining Rawls for general readers and in applying Rawlsian principles to contemporary problems of social and political justice ... It is impressive - clear, concise, thorough, and accessible Professor Samuel Freeman, author of Rawls and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Rawls Imagine: you are designing a society, but you don’t know who you’ll be within it – rich or poor, man or woman, gay or straight. I enjoyed reading this book, but it is rather odd and I wish it was different. The premise is to provide example applications of Rawls' philosophy to improve society (with a particular focus on the UK and US). As such the first couple of chapters explain the philosophy - essentially that there exist a set of universal basic liberties which the society must guarantee to every citizen, and then anything else is fair game so long as it doesn't infringe the basic liberties and its extent is such to maximize quality of life for the least well off. For example, following Rawls, a society may allow a certain amount of wealth inequality to encourage growth and innovation, but as soon as this is damaging to the least well off the wealth should be redistributed. So many of the answers to our dilemmas about democracy and inequality can be found in the philosophy of John Rawls. Daniel Chandler brings those answers to life with contemporary evidence and solutions. Read Free and Equal and feel hopeful about the future Minouche Shafik Change the plan you will roll onto at any time during your trial by visiting the “Settings & Account” section. What happens at the end of my trial?

This is the revolutionary thought experiment proposed by the twentieth century’s greatest political philosopher, John Rawls. Free and Equal provides that vision. In this hugely ambitious and exhilarating debut, philosopher and economist Daniel Chandler argues that the ideas we need are hiding in plain sight, in the work of the twentieth century's greatest political philosopher, John Rawls. Although they have revolutionised philosophy, his ideas have had little impact on politics - until now. Taking Rawls's humane and egalitarian liberalism as his starting point, Chandler builds a careful and ultimately irresistible case for a progressive agenda that would fundamentally reshape our political and economic institutions.

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Invaluable... Chandler takes a set of universal principles around fairness, based on the philosophy of John Rawls, and applies them to the real world of liberal democracy -- Sir Vince Cable, former leader of the Liberal Democrats This is the revolutionary thought experiment proposed by the twentieth century's greatest political philosopher, John Rawls. As economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler argues in this hugely ambitious and exhilarating intervention, it is by rediscovering Rawls that we can find a way out of the escalating crises that are devastating our world today. That wishlist includes a universal basic income sufficient to eliminate poverty (costing about 25% of GDP) awarded to everyone irrespective of wealth, any other income, or whether they’re employed; tertiary education funded by a mix of free tuition and income-contingent loans, and a transfer of wealth to every citizen when they reach adulthood (a reform historically endorsed by the two Thomases, Paine and Piketty, and similar to Gordon Brown’s child trust fund).

His first book , Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like? , makes the case for a new progressive liberalism grounded in the ideas of the philosopher John Rawls, and will be published by Penguin/Allen Lane in Spring 2023.

A tremendous book, timely, wise, authoritative and clear. The world will fall on it like tired labourers falling on a tray of donuts Stephen Fry A brilliantly eloquent, incredibly insightful reimagining of liberalism, and by such a compelling writer' - Owen Jones In this very timely and refreshing book, Daniel Chandler argues that rather than abandon liberalism we must reimagine it. Free and Equal asks big questions about how human society should be organised, and offers answers all of us should take seriously, whatever our politics -- Jesse Norman MP Eileen M Hunt: Feminism vs Big Brother - Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder; Julia by Sandra Newman In this very timely and refreshing book, Daniel Chandler argues that rather than abandon liberalism we must reimagine it. Free and Equal asks big questions about how human society should be organised, and offers answers all of us should take seriously, whatever our politics Jesse Norman MP