| Measuring Justice Contributor(s): Brighouse, Harry (Editor), Robeyns, Ingrid (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521884519 ISBN-13: 9780521884518 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 303.372 |
| LCCN: 2009042808 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.23 lbs) 268 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book brings together a team of leading theorists to address the question 'What is the right measure of justice?' Some contributors, following Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum, argue that we should focus on capabilities, or what people are able to do and to be. Others, following John Rawls, argue for focussing on social primary goods, the goods which society produces and which people can use. Still others see both views as incomplete and complementary to one another. Their essays evaluate the two approaches in the light of particular issues of social justice - education, health policy, disability, children, gender justice - and the volume concludes with an essay by Amartya Sen, who originated the capabilities approach. |
Contributor Bio(s): Robeyns, Ingrid: - Ingrid Robeyns is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. She was co-editor for Amartya Sen's Work and Ideas: A Gender Perspective (2005).Brighouse, Harry: - Harry Brighouse is Professor of Philosophy and Affiliate Professor of Education Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His previous publications include On Education (2006). He was co-editor for The Political Philosophy of Cosmopolitanism (Cambridge, 2005). |