Social Injustice [electronic resource] : Essays in Political Philosophy /
Bufacchi, V.author.
The idea of social injustice is pivotal to much contemporary moral and political philosophy. Starting from a comprehensive and engaging account of the idea of social injustice, this book covers a whole range of issues, including distributive justice, exploitation, torture, moral motivations, democratic theory, voting behaviour and market socialism.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Boxes; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Making Sense of Social Injustice; 2 Why Political Philosophy Matters: The Imperative of Social Injustice; 3 Studying Social Injustice: The Methodology of Empirical Philosophy; 4 The Injustice of Exploitation; 5 Torture, Terrorism, and the State: A Refutation of the Ticking-Bomb Argument (with Jean Maria Arrigo); 6 The Enlightenment, Contractualism, and the Moral Polity; 7 Motivating Justice; 8 Justice, Equality, Liberty; 9 Sceptical Democracy
10 Political Scepticism: A Reply to the Critics11 Voting, Rationality, and Reputation; 12 Deliberative Democracy in Action; 13 Socialism in the 21st Century: Liberal, Democratic, and Market Oriented; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The idea of social injustice is pivotal to much contemporary moral and political philosophy. Starting from a comprehensive and engaging account of the idea of social injustice, this book covers a whole range of issues, including distributive justice, exploitation, torture, moral motivations, democratic theory, voting behaviour and market socialism.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Political science.
Ethics.
World politics.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Political Science.
Ethics.
Political History.