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What Do We Deserve?: A Reader on Justice and Desert (Routledge Advances in International)
. Ed(S): Pojman, Louis P.; McLeod, Owen
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paperback. Bringing together opposing positions and arguments, this text stimulates debate over the meaning and significance of desert in contemporary thought. It includes eight classical and 22 contemporary readings on the concept. Editor(s): Pojman, Louis P.; McLeod, Owen. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JKV; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 536.
Much of contemporary social and political theory has reduced the concept of desert to a minor role. The work of John Rawls is the prime example. Recently some philosophers have argued that the notion merits a more central place in social and political theory. This reader brings together opposing positions and arguments, thus stimulating debate over the meaning and significance of desert in contemporary thought. The book includes eight classical and twenty-two contemporary readings on the concept.
Much of contemporary social and political theory has reduced the concept of desert to a minor role. The work of John Rawls is the prime example. Recently some philosophers have argued that the notion merits a more central place in social and political theory. This reader brings together opposing positions and arguments, thus stimulating debate over the meaning and significance of desert in contemporary thought. The book includes eight classical and twenty-two contemporary readings on the concept.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195122183
SKU
V9780195122183
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Ref
99-23
Reviews for What Do We Deserve?: A Reader on Justice and Desert (Routledge Advances in International)
"An excellent anthology. Its selections will serve, I hope, to introduce students to the Rawlsian controversy once they have read Rawls, and to appreciate the role of desert more broadly. The readings seem nicely blended in degree of difficulty for students of varying backgrounds."
Louis Guenin, Harvard Medical School "Extremely well balanced and judicious choices. All major positions are well represented."
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Louis Guenin, Harvard Medical School "Extremely well balanced and judicious choices. All major positions are well represented."
Allen ... Read more