The idea of justice
by
Sen, Amartya, 1933-
Title
:
The idea of justice
Author
:
Sen, Amartya, 1933-
ISBN
:
9780674036130
9780674060470
Personal Author
:
Sen, Amartya, 1933-
Publication Information
:
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
:
xxviii, 467 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
:
Introduction: An approach to justice -- The demands of justice. -- Reason and objectivity -- Rawls and beyond -- Institutions and persons -- Voice and social choice -- Impartiality and objectivity -- Closed and open impartiality -- Forms of reasoning. -- Position, relevance and illusion -- Rationality and other people -- Plurality of impartial reasons -- Realizations, consequences and agency -- The materials of justice. -- Lives, freedoms and capabilities -- Capabilities and resources -- Happiness, well-being and capabilities -- Equality and liberty -- Public reasoning and democracy. -- Democracy as public reason -- The practice of democracy -- Human rights and global imperatives -- Justice and the world.
Abstract
:
Presents an analysis of what justice is, the transcendental theory of justice and its drawbacks, and a persuasive argument for a comparative perspective on justice that can guide us in the choice between alternatives.
Personal Subject
:
Rawls, John, 1921-2002. Theory of justice.
Subject Term
:
Justice.
Social contract.
Ethics.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025561982 | 320.011 S474.I 2009 | 1 |