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Rawls burst into prominence in 1958 with the publication of his game-changing paper, “Justice as Fairness.” Though it was not his first important publication, it revived the social contract theory that had been languishing in the wake of Hume’s critique and its denigration by utilitarians and pragmatists, though it was a Kantian version of it that Rawls advocated. This led to a greatly developed book version, A Theory of Justice, published in 1971, arguably the most important book of American philosophy published in the second half of the last century.

laudation

impugnment

homage

exuberance

sobriety

“denigration”(폄하, 비방)과 가장 가까운 말은 “impugnment”(비난, 공격)이다.
사회계약론이 “languishing”(쇠퇴하고) 있었던 원인으로 “Hume’s critique”(흄의 비판)와 “its denigration by utilitarians and pragmatists”가 나란히 제시되므로, 밑줄 어휘는 부정적 공격의 뜻이다.
“laudation”(칭찬)은 반대 방향의 말이다.
“homage”(경의)도 존경을 나타내므로 반대 방향이다.
“exuberance”(활력, 풍부함)는 이론이 쇠퇴한 원인이 될 수 없다.
“sobriety”(절제, 냉철함)는 비판의 의미가 없다.