Political justice must be fair. This was the central message of John Rawls' attempt to renew the theory of the social contract from 1971. Within a few months, his work became one of the most discussed moral and political philosophical programs of modern times. Rawls' principles of justice and the aspect of their feasibility concerning institutions, as well as the claims on the individual, are still under discussion as a blueprint for a society where rights are simultaneously recognized as good. Thirty-two years after the publication of his groundbreaking contractual thought experiment, A Theory of Justice, a new edition was released, in which Rawls responds to the objections and questions of his critics and is now available in paperback. The legacy of the American philosopher Rawls.