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Responsibility and Justice
Matt Matravers
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Description for Responsibility and Justice
Hardback. In this lively and accessible book, Matt Matravers considers the highly contested role of responsibility in politics, morality, and the law. He asks, what are we doing when we hold people responsible in deciding questions of distributive justice or of punishment? and considers the role of philosophy in answering this very contemporary question. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 374.
In this lively and accessible book, Matt Matravers considers the role of responsibility in politics, morality and the law. In recent years, responsibility has taken a central place in our lives. In politics, both Tony Blair and George W. Bush have claimed that individual responsibility is at the centre of their policy agendas. In morality and the law, it seems just that people should be rewarded or punished only for things for which they are responsible. Yet responsibility is a hotly contested concept. Some philosophers claim that it is impossible, while others insist on both its possibility and importance. This ... Read more
In this lively and accessible book, Matt Matravers considers the role of responsibility in politics, morality and the law. In recent years, responsibility has taken a central place in our lives. In politics, both Tony Blair and George W. Bush have claimed that individual responsibility is at the centre of their policy agendas. In morality and the law, it seems just that people should be rewarded or punished only for things for which they are responsible. Yet responsibility is a hotly contested concept. Some philosophers claim that it is impossible, while others insist on both its possibility and importance. This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745629988
SKU
V9780745629988
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About Matt Matravers
Matt Matravers, University of York
Reviews for Responsibility and Justice
"This book gives a clear account of the problem that growing doubts about responsibility present for some practises of justice to which we are deeply committed. It also suggests a novel way of approaching that problem without attempting to explain it away. I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in these issues." Politics "Since ... Read more