Justice
Subtitle: a reader
By: edited by Michael J. Sandel.
Contributors: Sandel, Michael J.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780195335118; 9780195335125
Subjects: Justice; Values; Ethics
Description: "Justice brings together in one indispensable volume essential readings on justice and moral reasoning. With readings from major thinkers from the classical era up to the present, the collection provides a thematic overview of the concept of justice. Moreover, Sandel's organization of the readings and his own commentaries allow readers to engage with a variety of pressing contemporary issues. Looking at a host of ethical dilemmas, including affirmative action, conscription, income distribution, and gay rights, from a variety of angles--morally, legally, politically--the collection engages with the core concerns of political philosophy: individual rights and the claims of community, equality and inequality, morality and law, and ultimately, justice. With concise section introductions that put the readings in context, this anthology is an invaluable tool for students, teachers, and anyone who wishes to engage in the great moral debates that have animated politics from classical times to our own."--Page 4 of cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : doing the right thing; title: Utilitarianism; title: Libertarianism; title: Locke : property rights; title: Markets and morals; title: Kant : freedom as autonomy; title: Rawls : justice as fairness; title: Distributive justice equality, entitlement, merit; title: Affirmative action : reverse discrimination?; title: Aristotle : justice and virtue; title: Ability, disability, and discrimination:; title: Justice, community, and membership; title: Moral argument and liberal toleration; title: Morality and law : same-sex marriage, for and against.