The Idea of JusticeSocial 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. |
Contents
An Approach to Justice | 1 |
The Demands of Justice | 29 |
Forms of Reasoning | 153 |
The Materials of Justice | 223 |
Public Reasoning and Democracy | 319 |
Notes | 417 |
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