The idea of justice. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Amartya Sen.
• Other Names: Sen, Amartya, 1933-
• Contents: Introduction: An approach to justice -- The demands of justice. -- Reason and objectivity -- Rawls and beyond -- Institutions and persons -- Voice and social choice -- Impartiality and objectivity -- Closed and open impartiality -- Forms of reasoning. -- Position, relevance and illusion -- Rationality and other people -- Plurality of impartial reasons -- Realizations, consequences and agency -- The materials of justice. -- Lives, freedoms and capabilities -- Capabilities and resources -- Happiness, well-being and capabilities -- Equality and liberty -- Public reasoning and democracy. -- Democracy as public reason -- The practice of democracy -- Human rights and global imperatives -- Justice and the world.
• Publisher Details: London : Penguin
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (496 pages)
• Subjects: 320.011; Justice; Justice (Philosophy); Social contract; Justice; Justice (Philosophy); Social contract; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Menschenrecht; Ethik; Rättvisa; Samhällsfördrag
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141969480; 0141969482
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.