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Liberalism And Distributive Justice
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Author : Samuel Richard Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018
Liberalism And Distributive Justice written by Samuel Richard Freeman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Philosophy categories.
Liberalism and Distributive Justice discusses liberalism, capitalism, distributive justice, and John Rawls's difference principle. Chapters are organized in a narrative arc: from liberalism as the dominant political and economic system, to the laws governing interpersonal transactions in liberal society, to basic economic and political institutions that determine distributive justice.
Political Liberalism And Distributive Justice
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Author : Javier Samuel Hidalgo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Political Liberalism And Distributive Justice written by Javier Samuel Hidalgo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
New Perspectives On Distributive Justice
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Author : Manuel Knoll
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2018-11-19
New Perspectives On Distributive Justice written by Manuel Knoll and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-19 with Philosophy categories.
Distributive justice is one of the most discussed topics in political philosophy. Focusing on the plurality of irreconcilable conceptions of social and political justice, this book presents an array of new perspectives on the topic. Bringing together 30 original essays of well-established and young international scholars, the volume is essential reading for anyone interested in social and political justice.
Social Justice In The Liberal State
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Author : Bruce Ackerman
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1981-09-10
Social Justice In The Liberal State written by Bruce Ackerman and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-09-10 with Political Science categories.
An original and compelling vision of a just society“A ‘new view’ of the theoretical foundations of liberalism that will ‘challenge us to clarify our own implicit notions of liberal democracy.’ ”—The New York Times Book ReviewWinner of a Certificate of Merit for the American Bar Association's 1981 Gavel Award for outstanding public serviceFirst published in 1980 and continuously in print ever since, Bruce Ackerman's classic Social Justice in the Liberal State offers a new foundation for liberal political theory— a world in which each of us may live his or her own life in his or her own way, without denying the same right to others. Full of provocative discussions of issues ranging from education to abortion, it makes fascinating reading for anyone concerned with the future of the liberal democratic state. “Professor Ackerman has tackled age-old problems of social justice with the refreshing technique of a series of dialogues in which the proponent of a position must either confront his opponent with an answer, constrained by the three principles of rationality, consistency, and neutrality, or submit to a checkmate. The author’s ability to combine earthiness with extreme subtlety in framing the dialogues has produced a novel, mind-stretching book.”—Henry J. Friendly, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit“What limits should we place on genetic manipulation? How many children should we have? How should we regulate abortions and adoptions? What rights does the community have, what rights do parents have in the education of children? What rights do children have? What resources must we leave to future generations? To see all these as questions of distributive justice is to connect them in a new way (and to make) a significant contribution.”—Michael Walzer, The New Republic “The breadth of the attack on the fundamental issues of man and society is impressive.”—Foreign Affairs
Liberalism And Social Justice
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Author : Gideon Calder
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-22
Liberalism And Social Justice written by Gideon Calder and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-22 with Philosophy categories.
This title was first published in 2000: Bringing oes liberalism have either the theoretical capacity or the political durability to provide for social justice, particularly given the challenges of the new millennium? From a diverse array of disciplinary, cultural and critical perspectives, the contributors to this timely and incisive collection of essays cover ground ranging from the philosophical adequacy of liberalism’s central tenets, to the treatment of minority and alternative cultures in contemporary Europe, to the future of welfare provision, to the continued tenability of traditional ideological distinctions and labels amid the social conditions and demands of the new millennium. The book will be of particular interest to philosophers, political scientists and social and legal theorists - and to anyone with a general interest in the present and future horizons of social justice in theory and practice.
Justice And The Social Contract
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Author : Samuel Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-04-24
Justice And The Social Contract written by Samuel Freeman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-24 with Philosophy categories.
Samuel Freeman was a student of the influential philosopher John Rawls, he has edited numerous books dedicated to Rawls' work and is arguably Rawls' foremost interpreter. This volume collects new and previously published articles by Freeman on Rawls. Among other things, Freeman places Rawls within historical context in the social contract tradition, and thoughtfully addresses criticisms of this position. Not only is Freeman a leading authority on Rawls, but he is an excellent thinker in his own right, and these articles will be useful to a wide range of scholars interested in Rawls and the expanse of his influence.
Boundaries And Allegiances
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Author : Samuel Scheffler
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2002-09-19
Boundaries And Allegiances written by Samuel Scheffler and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-19 with Political Science categories.
This book, a collection of eleven essays by one of the most interesting moral philosophers currently writing, is written from a perspective that is at once sympathetic towards and critical of liberal political philosophy. The essays explore the capacity of liberal thought, and of the moral traditions on which it draws, to accommodate a variety of challenges posed by the changing circumstances of the modern world. The essays consider how, in an era of rapid globalization, when people's lives are structured by social arrangements and institutions of ever increasing size, complexity, and scope, we can best conceive of the responsibilities of individual agents and the normative significance of people's diverse commitments and allegiances. The volume is linked by common themes including the responsibilities persons have in virtue of belonging to a community, the compatibility of such obligations with equality, the demands of distributive justice in general, and liberalism's relationship to liberty, community, and equality.
Political Liberalism
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Author : John Rawls
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2005-06-04
Political Liberalism written by John Rawls and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-04 with Philosophy categories.
Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II. Kort opens with a summary of the debate over Hiroshima as it has evolved since 1945. He then provides a historical overview of thye events in question, beginning with the decision and program to build the atomic bomb. Detailing the sequence of events leading to Japan's surrender, he revisits the decisive battles of the Pacific War and the motivations of American and Japanese leaders. Finally, Kort examines ten key issues in the discussion of Hiroshima and guides readers to relevant primary source documents, scholarly books, and articles.
Distributive Justice Political Stability And Liberal Rights
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Author : Hun Chung
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Distributive Justice Political Stability And Liberal Rights written by Hun Chung and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Civil rights categories.
"This dissertation is a compilation of three independent essays in political philosophy. What unifies these three essays is not in their substantive content, but rather in their methodological approach. In each of these three essays, I construct a formal model to explore philosophical topics in distributive justice, political stability, and the implementation of liberal rights in a diverse society. Specifically, for each essay, I construct a formal model (using the tools of modern game theory, social choice theory, and welfare economics) that is designed to capture the main philosophical intuition behind the relevant situation of the given philosophical topic. I then carefully examine the philosophical implications of the main analytical results that have been logically deduced from each formal model. We will see that the analytical results of the formal models provide very important philosophical insights that would not have been so easily understood without the help of such formal analyses. Sometimes the results of the formal models reinforce our original philosophical intuitions; other times, they may force us to reconsider and reevaluate our entrenched philosophical presuppositions. In this way, formal models can serve as a test that could help us adjudicate among competing philosophical positions. In chapter 1 entitled "Rawls's Self-Defeat: A Formal Analysis if John Rawls's Theory of Justice", I provide a close formal examination of John Rawls's theory of justice. The main aim of John Rawls in his early years was to present an alternate theory of distributive justice that was superior to utilitarianism. Rawls's main worry was that utilitarianism (which was the dominant ethical theory of his time) can fail to secure the fair worth of one's most fundamental basic rights and liberties for the sake of maximizing average or aggregate social welfare. For such reasons, Rawls argued that the representative parties in the original position will not choose utilitarianism, but will rather choose his "justice as fairness", which he believed would securely protect the worth of everybody's basic rights and liberties. In this chapter, I construct a formal model of a liberal democratic society that incorporates all of Rawls's own assumptions. I then compare the distributional consequences of utilitarianism and justice as fairness under varying levels of social affluence. The formal results of the model demonstrate that, under Rawls's own assumptions, utilitarianism better protects the fair worth of people's basic rights and liberties in all social resource situations equal or above moderate scarcity. If we follow Rawls's own reasoning, this implies that the parties in the original position will actually choose utilitarianism over justice as fairness, which contradicts Rawls's own expectations. An important focus of Rawls in his later works was on political stability. When Rawls wrote Political Liberalism, his aim was to show how justice as fairness can be widely supported and stably maintained in a well-ordered society marked by what he called "reasonable pluralism." When writing about political stability, Rawls restricted his attention to what he called a "well-ordered society", where each citizen, despite affirming very different religious and moral beliefs, strictly complies with the requirements of the political conception of justice that his/her society adopts. Rawls called these type of people "reasonable" citizens. However, it is imperative for Rawls to consider how his well-ordered society can restore political stability and maintain social justice after the intrusion of "unreasonable" people that may be sufficient to destabilize political order. In chapter 2 entitled "Public Reason, Convergence Discourse, and the Well-Ordered Society under Crisis", I provide a formal analysis of two competing solutions to the problem of restoring political stability in a well-ordered society offered in the public reason liberalism literature - viz. (a) using public reason or (b) using convergence discourse. The formal analyses offered in this chapter show that using public reason fails completely, while using convergent discourse, although doing better, has its own limitations. In chapter 3 entitled "The Impossibility of Liberal Rights in a Diverse World", I present a social choice theoretic analysis on the implementation of liberal rights in a pluralistic society. A defining characteristic of a liberal democratic society is the assignment of basic rights and liberties that protect each person's private sphere. Hence, social choice made in a liberal democratic society must at the very least be consistent with the exercise of each person's basic rights. However, even when everybody agrees to this basic principle, there could still remain irreconcilable social conflict and disagreement when it comes to the specific assignment of basic rights. This is especially so in a pluralistic society where there is a clash among radically different and incompatible world views. Philosophers have now started to focus on this type of diversity, which now goes by the name "perspectival diversity." This chapter extends the basic social choice theoretic framework of liberal rights by extending the domain to include individual perspectives alongside individual preferences. In this new framework, different individuals are able to see or perceive the same social alternative differently based on their own unique perspectives. The formal results of the chapter imply that generating a viable social choice that is consistent with the assignment of basic rights can quickly break down once we start to increase the level of perspectival diversity in society."--Pages xii-xv.
Justice As Fairness
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Author : John Rawls
language : en
Publisher: Belknap Press
Release Date : 2001
Justice As Fairness written by John Rawls and has been published by Belknap Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Philosophy categories.
This book originated as lectures for a course on political philosophy that Rawls taught regularly at Harvard in the 1980s. In time the lectures became a restatement of his theory of justice as fairness, revised in light of his more recent papers and his treatise Political Liberalism (1993). As Rawls writes in the preface, the restatement presents "in one place an account of justice as fairness as I now see it, drawing on all [my previous] works." He offers a broad overview of his main lines of thought and also explores specific issues never before addressed in any of his writings. Rawls is well aware that since the publication of A Theory of Justice in 1971, American society has moved farther away from the idea of justice as fairness. Yet his ideas retain their power and relevance to debates in a pluralistic society about the meaning and theoretical viability of liberalism. This book demonstrates that moral clarity can be achieved even when a collective commitment to justice is uncertain.