Author: SEN, AMARTYA (1933-)
Title: The idea of justice / Amartya Sen
Description: London : Penguin 2009. Fifth Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered.Physical description; xxvii. 468 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published: London: Allen Lane. 2009. Contents; 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. Summary; This major philosophical work. by one of the world's leading public intellectuals. constructs a new theory of justice. not from abstract ideals or notions of what perfect institutions and rules might be. but from what the results of a system are practically. in the world. Subjects; Rawls. John (1921-2002). — Theory of justice. Rawls. John (1921-2002) — Studies. — Theory of justice. Justice (Philosophy). Social contract. Soziale Gerechtigkeit. Menschenrecht. Ethik. Rättvisa. Samhällsfördrag. Social justice — Philosophy. Justice. Administration of — Moral and ethical aspects. Civil rights — Philosophy. Human rights — Philosophy. Social ethics. Politics and Government. Ethics. Justice (Society). Social justice. Human rights. Ethical Theory. Culture & Society. Social Aspects. Equity. Social Justice. Human Rights. Ethical Theory. Culture & Society. Human Rights. Social Aspects. Equity. Ethics & moral philosophy. Political Science / General. Genre; Bibliography. Weight in Kg appr.:

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