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Harry Brighouse - Justice - 9780745625959 - V9780745625959
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Justice

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Description for Justice Hardback. Justice is a concise and accessible introduction to the central theories of justice in contemporary political theory. The book aims to provide readers with a clear understanding of the theories and the main objections to them, as well as showing how these theories engage with one another. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 190 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
Justice is a concise and accessible introduction to the central theories of justice in contemporary political theory. The book aims to provide readers with a clear understanding of the theories and the main objections to them, as well as showing how these theories engage with one another.

It offers detailed accounts of John Rawls’s theory of justice as fairness; the alternative ‘capabilities approach’ developed by Nobel-prize winning economist Amartya Sen; the libertarian theories of Milton Friedman and Robert Nozick; the ‘group-rights’ based theory of Will Kymlicka; and Nancy Fraser’s theory of participatory parity. The book also includes extensive ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Series
Key Concepts
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745625959
SKU
V9780745625959
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Harry Brighouse
Harry Brighouse is Professor of Philosphy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Reviews for Justice
‘Justice is lively, forcefully argued and clearly written. It contains critical expositions of Rawls's liberal egalitarianism and its main competitors. Brighouse writes with flair, using homespun examples as well as examples from contemporary politics. He shows a solid understanding of the complexities of achieving justice in the real world.’ David Copp, University of Florida ... Read more

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