Morality and social justice : point/counterpoint / James P. Sterba [and six others]

Contributor(s): Sterba, James P [author] | Machan, Tibor R [author] | Jaggar, Alison M [author] | Galston, William A [author] | Gould, Carol C [author] | Milton Fisk [author] | Robert C. Solomon [author]
Series: Studies in social & political philosophy: Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [1995]Copyright date: c1995Description: x, 308 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmeditaed Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0847679772 (hard : alk. paper); 0847679780 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Justice | Social justice | Social ethicsDDC classification: 303.372 LOC classification: JC578 | .M67 1995
Contents:
1. Reconciling Conceptions of Justice / James P. Sterba -- 2. Justice, Self, and Natural Rights / Tibor R. Machan -- 3. Toward a Feminist Conception of Moral Reasoning / Alison M. Jaggar -- 4. Liberal Justice / William A. Galston -- 5. Social Justice and the Limitation of Democracy / Carol C. Gould -- 6. Justice and Universality / Milton Fisk -- 7. Justice as Vengeance, Vengeance as Justice: A Partial Response to Polymarchus / Robert C. Solomon.
Summary: This text explores the possibility of achieving agreement in political theory. Each philosopher defends in a essay his or her view of social justice and comments on two or more of the other essays. The reader is left to judge to what degree the contributors achieve agreement or reconciliation.
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Includes bibliographical references.

1. Reconciling Conceptions of Justice / James P. Sterba --
2. Justice, Self, and Natural Rights / Tibor R. Machan --
3. Toward a Feminist Conception of Moral Reasoning / Alison M. Jaggar --
4. Liberal Justice / William A. Galston --
5. Social Justice and the Limitation of Democracy / Carol C. Gould --
6. Justice and Universality / Milton Fisk --
7. Justice as Vengeance, Vengeance as Justice: A Partial Response to Polymarchus / Robert C. Solomon.

This text explores the possibility of achieving agreement in political theory. Each philosopher defends in a essay his or her view of social justice and comments on two or more of the other essays. The reader is left to judge to what degree the contributors achieve agreement or reconciliation.

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