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The Idea of Justice.
by Sen, Amartya
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About This Item
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. Uncorrected proof of the first edition. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Signed by Amartya Sen on the half-title page. In fine condition. The most important contribution to the subject since John Rawls' A Theory of Justice" (Hilary Putnam, Harvard University).
Synopsis
Is justice an ideal, forever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives?In this wide-ranging book, Amartya Sen presents an alternative approach to mainstream theories of justice which, despite their many specific achievements have taken us, he argues, in the wrong direction in general.At the heart of Sen's argument is his insistence on the role of public reason in establishing what can make societies less unjust. But it is in the nature of reasoning about justice, argues Sen, that it does not allow all questions to be settled even in theory; there are choices to be faced between alternative assessments of what is reasonable; several different and competing positions can each be well-defended.Far from rejecting such pluralities or trying to reduce them beyond the limits of reasoning, we should make use of them to construct a theory of justice that can absorb divergent points of view. Sen also shows how concern about the principles of justice in the modern world must avoid parochialism, and further, address questions of global injustice. The breadth of vision, intellectual acuity and striking humanity of one of the world's leading public intellectuals have never been more clearly shown than in this remarkable book.
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- Seller
- Raptis Rare Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 50068
- Title
- The Idea of Justice.
- Author
- Sen, Amartya
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- Amartya Sen First Edition, Amartya Sen Signed First Edition, The Idea of Justice First Edition
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- Octavo
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