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Incommensurability and its implications for practical reasoning, ethics and justice

Title
Incommensurability and its implications for practical reasoning, ethics and justice / Martijn Boot.
Author
Boot, Martijn, 1974-
Publication
London ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield International Ltd, [2017]

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Description
viii, 239 pages; 24 cm
Series Statement
Values and identities: crossing philosophical borders
Subject
  • Comparison (Philosophy)
  • Practical reason
  • Ethics
  • Justice
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Incommensurability and its implications for practical reasoning -- Incommensurability and incomplete comparability -- Spurious challenges -- Real challenges: imprecise equality and parity versus incomplete comparability -- Implications of incomplete comparability for practical reasoning and rational justification of the choice -- Implications of incommensurability for public decision-making, ethics, and justice -- Conflicts of justice -- Rival theories of justice -- Implications of incommensurability for John Rawls's theory of justice -- Do we need a theory of justice? A reply to Amartya Sen -- Equity and efficiency in health care -- Legitimacy versus integrity -- Partial justice -- Autonomy and recognition.
Call Number
JFE 17-8534
ISBN
  • 9781786602275
  • 178660227X
LCCN
2017006820
OCLC
967202347
Author
Boot, Martijn, 1974- author.
Title
Incommensurability and its implications for practical reasoning, ethics and justice / Martijn Boot.
Publisher
London ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield International Ltd, [2017]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Values and identities: crossing philosophical borders
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Boot, Martijn, 1974- author. Incommensurability and its implications for practical reasoning, ethics, and justice Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield International, 2017 9781786602299
Research Call Number
JFE 17-8534
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