The idea of justice / Amartya Sen.

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.