The idea of justice / Amartya Sen.

Author/creator Sen, Amartya, 1933-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Descriptionxxviii, 467 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2009014924
ISBN9780674036130 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0674036131

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks JC578 .S424 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold