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The idea of justice

Title
The idea of justice / Amartya Sen.
Author
Sen, Amartya, 1933-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.

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Description
xxviii, 467 pages; 24 cm
Summary
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.
Subject
  • Rawls, John, 1921-2002
  • Theory of justice (Rawls, John)
  • Justice
  • Social contract
  • Ethics
  • Gerechtigkeit
  • Soziale Gerechtigkeit
  • Theorie
  • Rättvisa
  • Samhällsfördrag
  • Etik
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
ISBN
  • 9780674036130
  • 0674036131
  • 9780674060470
  • 0674060474
LCCN
2009014924
OCLC
  • ocn318421063
  • 318421063
  • SCSB-5486699
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Columbia University Libraries