Patrick Hayden is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of Peace and Justice Studies at New England College. He has written on a wide range of topics in philosophy and political philosophy, is the author of Multiplicity and Becoming: The Pluralist Empiricism of Gilles Deleuze (1998) and the editor of Philosophical Perspectives on Law and Politics (1999) and The Philosophy of Human Rights.

' ... clear and thorough in reviewing the development of Rawls's thinking ... International Relations specialists should read this book as a vigorous defence of cosmopolitanism.' (Canadian Journal of Political Science Vol. 36 No. 3). ' ... It makes a significant contribution to debates concerning universal human rights and will be very useful to those with an interest in either international justice or Rawl's views.' (Choice) ' ...an important critique of Rawls's statism... ' (Cambridge Review of International Affairs)