| Justice Contributor(s): Brighouse, Harry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745625959 ISBN-13: 9780745625959 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $69.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: "Justice "is a concise and accessible introduction to the central theories of justice in contemporary political theory. The book aims to provide readers with a clear understanding of the theories and the main objections to them, as well as showing how these theories engage with one another. It offers detailed accounts of John Rawls's theory of justice as fairness; the alternative 'capabilities approach' developed by Nobel-prize winning economist Amartya Sen; the libertarian theories of Milton Friedman and Robert Nozick; the 'group-rights' based theory of Will Kymlicka; and Nancy Fraser's theory of participatory parity. The book also includes extensive discussions of the nature and purpose of political theorizing, and it asks whether theories of justice should take only social institutions as their subject, or should also comment on personal motivations and behaviour. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Philosophy | Political - Law |
| Dewey: 320.011 |
| LCCN: JC578 |
| Series: Key Concepts |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.6" W x 8.6" (0.89 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Justice is a concise and accessible introduction to the central theories of justice in contemporary political theory. The book aims to provide readers with a clear understanding of the theories and the main objections to them, as well as showing how these theories engage with one another. It offers detailed accounts of John Rawls's theory of justice as fairness; the alternative 'capabilities approach' developed by Nobel-prize winning economist Amartya Sen; the libertarian theories of Milton Friedman and Robert Nozick; the 'group-rights' based theory of Will Kymlicka; and Nancy Fraser's theory of participatory parity. The book also includes extensive discussions of the nature and purpose of political theorizing, and it asks whether theories of justice should take only social institutions as their subject, or should also comment on personal motivations and behaviour. |