| Rethinking Justice: Restoring Our Humanity Contributor(s): Bell, Richard H. (Author), Brueggemann, Walter (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0739122282 ISBN-13: 9780739122280 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: Rethinking Justice lifts up and restores an idea of justice found in classical writers as well as more recent thinkers. Justice deals with righting wrongs and restoring peace to individuals and communities. We have lost sight of this and must return to it in mind and practice. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 172.2 |
| LCCN: 2007011696 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.33" W x 9.14" (0.80 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Rethinking Justice, Richard H. Bell lifts up and restores an idea of justice found in classical writers such as Socrates and Seneca as well as in more recent thinkers. Justice, classically, has dealt with righting wrongs and restoring peace to individuals and human communities. We have lost sight of this in our modern political and legal dealings and must find a way to return it to mind and to practice. Each chapter looks at ways to restore such reconciliatory practices to the idea of justice that can be found in our contemporary life and literature and focuses on numerous recent cases of abuse of justice among individuals, groups and nations. Bell approaches justice as a concept that goes hand in hand with compassion, mercy, and trust. Rethinking Justice reminds us that we have an obligation to foster peace, be merciful, and promote reconciliation with our brothers and sisters in humanity. |