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The idea of justice

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge Belknap Press 2009Description: xxviii, 467 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780141037851
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.01SEN
Summary: Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More than a matter of intellectual discourse, the idea of justice plays a real role in how―and how well―people live. And in this book the distinguished scholar Amartya Sen offers a powerful critique of the theory of social justice that, in its grip on social and political thinking, has long left practical realities far behind.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More than a matter of intellectual discourse, the idea of justice plays a real role in how―and how well―people live. And in this book the distinguished scholar Amartya Sen offers a powerful critique of the theory of social justice that, in its grip on social and political thinking, has long left practical realities far behind.

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