Perspectives on Social Justice : From Hume to Walzer

ISBN-13: 9780415149983 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 304 str.

David Boucher; Paul Kelly

Opis

Social justice is a central concern of contemporary politics and political theory. The essays in this collection provide perspectives on the origins, development and likely problems for our understanding of the concept of social or distributive justice. Exploring the sources and origins of modern theories of justice as well as their critiques, this study aims to provide an introduction to and survey of contemporary issues of social justice.

Spis treści

1: Introduction; 2: David Hume, contractarian 1; 3: Mill on justice; 4: Pareto and the critique of justice; 5: British Idealism and the just society; 6: International social justice; 7: Is environmental justice a misnomer?; 8: Democracy, rights and distributive economic justice; 9: Justice in the community; 10: Contractarian social justice; 11: Racial equality; 12: Democracy, freedom and special rights 1; 13: Beyond social justice and social democracy; 14: Social justice in theory and practice; 15: Why social justice?

O autorze

David Boucher, Paul Kelly