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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784590103321

Titolo

Social justice : from Hume to Walzer / / edited by David Boucher and Paul Kelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-74952-X

1-134-74953-8

1-280-14075-5

0-203-97847-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BoucherDavid <1951->

KellyP. J (Paul Joseph)

Disciplina

303.3/72

Soggetti

Social justice

Equality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 David Hume, contractarian1; 3 Mill on justice; 4 Pareto and the critique of justice; 5 British Idealism and the just society; 6 International social justice; 7 Is environmental justice a misnomer?; 8 Democracy, rights and distributive economic justice; 9 Justice in the community; 10 Contractarian social justice; 11 Racial equality; 12 Democracy, freedom and special rights1; 13 Beyond social justice and social democracy; 14 Social justice in theory and practice; 15 Why social justice?; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

A significant addition to debates on social justice, this study explores key issues such as democracy, freedom, special rights and John Stuart Mill's liberal Utilitarianism, bringing these concerns to the fore of the political agenda.