The idea of justice / Amartya Sen.

By: Sen, Amartya, 1933- [author]
Language: English Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009Description: xxviii, 467 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780674036130 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0674036131Subject(s): Rawls, John, 1921-2002. Theory of justice | Justice | Social contract | EthicsDDC classification: 320.011 LOC classification: JC578 | .S424 2009
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.
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.
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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.

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