A short history of distributive justice / Samuel Fleischacker.

Author/creator Fleischacker, Samuel
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxii, 190 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents 1. From Aristotle to Adam Smith -- Two kinds of justice -- The right of necessity -- Property rights -- Communal experiments and Utopian writings -- Poor laws -- 2. The eighteenth century -- Citizen quality: Rousseau -- Changing our picture of the poor: Smith -- The equal worth of human beings: Kant -- To the Vendôme Palais de Justice: Babeuf -- 3. From Babeuf to Rawls -- Reaction -- Positivists -- Marx -- Utilitarians -- Rawls -- After Rawls --
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 173-181) and index.
LCCN 2004040517
ISBN0674013409 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HB523 .F58 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold