Theories of Justice: A Treatise on Social Justice, Vol. 1What is social justice? In Theories of Justice Brian Barry provides a systematic and detailed analysis of two kinds of answers. One is that justice arises from a sense of the advantage to everyone of having constraints on the pursuit of self-interest. The other answer connects the idea of justice with that of impartiality. Though the first book of a trilogy, Theories of Justice stands alone and constitutes a major contribution to the debate about social justice that began in 1971 with Rawls's A Theory of Justice. |
Contents
THE CASE OF THE NOXIOUS NEIGHBORS | 3 |
WHAT IS A FAIR SOLUTION? | 50 |
FAIR DIVISION FROM A WIDER PERSPECTIVE Wider Perspective | 96 |
HUME ON JUSTICE | 145 |
INTERNATIONAL | 179 |
The Difference | 213 |
JUSTICE AS MUTUAL ADVANTAGE VERSUS | 255 |
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