AuthorSen, Amartya, 1933-
TitleThe idea of Justice / Amartya Sen
Imprint London: Penguin Books, 2010
Descript xxvii, 468 p. ; 20 cm

CONTENT

Introduction: an approach to justice. -- Reason and objectivity. -- Rawls and beyond. -- Institutions and persons. -- Voice and social choice. -- Impartiality and objectivity. -- Closed and open impartiality. -- Position, relevance and illusion. -- rationality and other people. -- Plurality of impartial reasons. -- Realizations, consequences and agency. -- Lives, freedoms and capabilities. -- Capabilities and resources. -- Happiness, well-being and capabilities. -- Equality and liberty. -- Democracy as public reason. -- The practice of democracy. -- Human rights and global imperatives. -- Justice and the world.


SUBJECT

  1. Justice
  2. Social contract
  3. Rawls
  4. John
  5. 1921-2002. Theory of justice
  6. Ethics

LOCATIONCALL#STATUS
Arts LibraryJC578 S474I 2010 CHECK SHELVES
Political Science Library320.011 S474I DUE 15-05-24