Sen, Amartya, 1933-

The idea of justice / Amartya Sen. - xxviii, 467 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references

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.

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.

9780674036130 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0674036131

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JC578 / .S424 2009

320.011