EAN: 9780141037851

THE IDEA OF JUSTICE - AMARTYA SEN KARTONIERT (TB)

From Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen  The Idea of Justice is a refreshing alternative
approach to mainstream theories of justice. Is justice an ideal  for ever beyond our grasp  or
something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? At the heart
of Sen's argument is his insistence on the role of public reason in establishing what can make
societies less unjust. But there are always choices to be made between alternative assessments
of what is reasonable  and competing positions can each be well defended. Rather than rejecting
these pluralities  we should use them to construct a theory of justice that can accommodate
divergent points of view. Sen also inspiringly shows how the principles of justice in the
modern world must avoid parochialism and address vital questions of global injustice. The
breadth of vision  intellectual acuity and striking humanity of one of the world's leading
public intellectuals have never been more clearly shown than in this remarkable book. 'A major
advance in contemporary thinking'

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