the idea of justice by Sen, Amartya

Penguin UK. Paperback. NEW. ya Sen throws the concept of justice under the spot-light by establishing The Idea of Justice as a reason to ponder about how the society is being unjust. It talks about what can be done to make society more fair and the need to realize that tomorrow never comes when it is about seeking justice. In this book, arguments against social evils and words of motivation for what is integral and right for the society are discussed. An epitome o

US: Penguin Books Ltd, 2010. Paperback. Good. Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practica l 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 bo ok 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. The transcendental theory o f justice, the subject of Sen's analysis, flourished in the Enlightenment a nd has proponents among some of the most distinguished philosophers of our day; it is concerned with identifying perfectly just social arrangements, d efining the nature of the perfectly just society. The approach Sen favors, on the other hand, focuses on the comparative judgments of what is "more" o r "less" just, and on the comparative merits of the different societies tha t actually emerge from certain institutions and social… Read More

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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; <b>Amartya Sen</b> is Professor of Economics and Professor of Philosophy at Harvard. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1998 to 2004, and won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998. His many celebrated books in

Paperback / softback. New. Is justice an ideal, for ever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? This book offers a fresh approach to mainstream theories of justice. It shows how the principles of justice in the modern world must avoid parochialism and address vital questions of global injustice.