Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET January 2025 Political Science
Who wrote the book 'The Law of Peoples'?
AJohn Rawls ✓ Correct
BJohn Locke
CEdward Said
DFrancis Fukuyama
Correct answer: (A) John Rawls — The Law of Peoples was written by John Rawls, so the answer is John Rawls.
Explanation
★The Law of Peoples was written by John Rawls, so the answer is John Rawls.
★He published it in 1999 to extend his theory of justice to international relations.
★The work asks what principles free and democratic peoples would accept in their dealings with one another.
★It carries the idea of the original position up to the level of relations between peoples.
★John Locke, Edward Said and Francis Fukuyama are important authors but did not write it.
★So the title belongs to Rawls alone.
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