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Brief History of Justice

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A Brief History of Justice traces the development of the idea of justice from the ancient world until the present day, with special attention to the emergence of the modern idea of social justice. An accessible introduction to the history of ideas about justice Shows how complex ideas are anchored in ordinary intuitions about justice Traces the emergence of the idea of social justice Identifies connections as well as differences between distributive and corrective justice Offers accessible, concise introductions to the thought of several leading figures and schools of thought in the history of philosophy

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Utgivningsdatum2011-05-20
Mått150 x 224 x 20 mm
Vikt472 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBrief Histories of Philosophy
Antal sidor278
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781405155762

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David Johnston is Professor of Political Science and formerly Joseph Straus Professor of Political Philosophy in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. His books include The Rhetoric of Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Cultural Transformation (1986), The Idea of a Liberal Theory (1994), Leviathan: A Norton Critical Edition (ed. with Richard Flathman, 1997), and Equality (ed., 2000).

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1Prologue: From the Standard Model to a Sense of Justice 71 The Terrain of Justice 152 Teleology and Tutelage in Plato's Republic 383 Aristotle's Theory of Justice 634 From Nature to Artifice: Aristotle to Hobbes 895 The Emergence of Utility 1166 Kant’s Theory of Justice 1427 The Idea of Social Justice 1678 The Theory of Justice as Fairness 196Epilogue: From Social Justice to Global Justice? 223Glossary of Names 233Source Notes 239Index 257