TY - BOOK AU - Sen, Amartya. TI - The idea of justice SN - 9780141037851 U1 - 320.01SEN PY - 2009/// CY - Cambridge PB - Belknap Press KW - Rawls, John, 1921-2002. Theory of justice N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes N2 - 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 ER -