| Description |
xxviii, 467 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction: An approach to justice -- Part I. The demands of justice. -- Reason and objectivity -- Rawls and beyond -- Institutions and persons -- Voice and social choice -- Impartiality and objectivity -- Closed and open impartiality -- Part II. Forms of reasoning. -- Position, relevance and illusion -- Rationality and other people -- Plurality of impartial reasons -- Realizations, consequences and agency -- Part III. The materials of justice. -- Lives, freedoms and capabilities -- Capabilities and resources -- Happiness, well-being and capabilities -- Equality and liberty -- Part IV. Public reasoning and democracy. -- Democracy as public reason -- The practice of democracy -- Human rights and global imperatives -- Justice and the world. |
| Subject |
Justice.
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Social contract.
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Rawls, John, 1921-2002. Theory of justice.
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Ethics.
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| ISBN |
9780674036130 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0674036131 |
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