The idea of justice /
Sen, Amartya, 1933-
The idea of justice / Amartya Sen. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. - xxviii, 467 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
9780674036130 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0674036131
2009014924
Rawls, John, 1921-2002. Theory of justice.
Justice.
Social contract.
Ethics.
JC578 / .S46 2009
320.01/1
The idea of justice / Amartya Sen. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. - xxviii, 467 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
9780674036130 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0674036131
2009014924
Rawls, John, 1921-2002. Theory of justice.
Justice.
Social contract.
Ethics.
JC578 / .S46 2009
320.01/1