Autore	Zack Naomi <1944->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (252 p.)
Disciplina	320.01/1
Soggetto topico	Justice (Philosophy) Equality - Philosophy quality before the law
ISBN	1-4422-6002-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Ideal Theory, Nonideal Theory, and Empirical Political Theory; 2 Limits of Law and Government; 3 Ideal Equality and Real Inequality; 4 The Distribution of Procedural Justice; 5 Discourse, Prophecy, and Atmosphere; 6 The Discourse of Political Activism; 7 Postscript: An Invitation to the Reader; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910798200403321

Autore	Rosen F.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (299 p.)
Disciplina	171/.5
Collana	Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory
Soggetto topico	Utilitarianism Justice (Philosophy) Liberty
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-134-59910-2 1-280-11278-6 0-203-98735-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; CLASSICAL UTILITARIANISM FROM HUME TO MILL; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; The aims of the book; Some notes for moral philosophers; A briefer note for political and legal theorists; PART I; 2 Utility and justice: Epicurus and the Epicurean tradition; Epicurus and ancient Epicureanism; Gassendi and modern Epicureanism; Gassendi's influence; Epicureanism in Grotius and Pufendorf; 3 Reading Hume backwards: Utility as the foundation of morals; Utility in the Enquiry and Treatise; The foundational role of utility Benevolence, justice and utilityUtility and morality; Enquiry versus Treatise; Hume and Bentham; 4 The idea of utility in Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments; Utility and justice; Smith and Hume on justice; Smith on utility: illusion and reality; Smith, Hume, and philosophical systems; Smith and Bentham; 5 Helvétius, the Scottish Enlightenment, and Bentham's idea of utility; Hume, Smith, and Helvétius; The role of the legislator; Utility and virtue; Helvétius and Bentham; De l'homme; Conclusion; 6 The idea of utility in Smith's Wealth of Nations; The 'invisible hand' Unintended consequences and the division of labourLiberty; Labour, liberty, and the progressive state; 7 Bentham and Smith on liberty; The opposition to Bentham; Defence of Usury and Bentham's other writings; Bentham's critique of Smith; Bentham's title; 8 William Paley as a utilitarian; Utility; Liberty; Conclusion; 9 Liberty, utility, and the reform of the criminal law; Liberty and the criminal law; Crime and punishment in Beccaria; Bentham's theory of proportion; The debate over the death penalty; Transportation and imprisonment; Enlightenment and reform; 10 J.S. Mill's hedonism Mill and CarlyleThe Epicurean tradition; Quantity and quality; Socrates dissatisfied; 11 J.S. Mill on justice and liberty; Justice and utility; Justice and liberty; Liberty and the fragility of truth; PART II; 12 Punishment of the innocent; The idealist background; The post-utilitarian paradigm; The rejection of utilitarianism; 13 Individual sacrifice and the greatest happiness; Bentham's ultimate principle; The status of pleasure and pain; Secondary principles and rights; Maximize and minimize; Equality and rights in Bentham and Mill; 14 The tyranny of the majority Majorities and minorities in practiceInterests, security, and equality; Popular sovereignty and majority rule; Democratic despotism; Tyranny of the majority; 15 Negative liberty; Negative liberty in Hobbes and Bentham; Bentham and Berlin on civil and political liberty; Liberty and democracy; Negative liberty worth fighting for; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910450262003321

Autore	Heinze Eric <1961->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (223 p.)
Disciplina	340/.114
Soggetto topico	Justice Justice (Philosophy) Justice in literature
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-203-09424-7 1-283-84602-0 1-136-20573-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; The Concept of Injustice; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Sources; 1 Nietzsche's echo; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 A mutual exclusion?; 1.3 Plan of this book; PART 1 Classical understandings; 2 Injustice as the negation of justice; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Typical expressions of mutual exclusion; 2.3 Injustice within isolated contexts; 2.4 Injustice and anti-rationalism; 2.5 Injustice within systemic contexts; 2.6 A dialectic of injustice; 2.7 Historicist dialectics of injustice; 2.8 The partial incommensurability of justice and injustice; 3 Injustice as disunity 3.1 Introduction3.2 Disunity as the primary cause of injustice in Plato; 3.3 Disunity as a major element of injustice in Aristotle; 3.4 Disunity as metaphysical injustice in Christianity; 3.5 The dialectic of unity and individuality in modernity; 4 Injustice as mismeasurement; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Suum cuique as an empty formalism; 4.3 Suum cuique as a decisive element; 4.4 Injustice as failure of reciprocity; 4.5 Transition to a post-classical concept of justice; PART 2 Post-classical understandings; 5 Injustice as unity; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Antigone: conventional versus critical contexts 5.3 Macbeth: unity as the source of disunity5.4 Talbot: merit and myth; 6 Injustice as measurement; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 'Will much impeach the justice of the state'; 6.3 'Pageants of the sea'; 6.4 'Like a golden fleece'; 6.5 'Mine own teaching'; 6.6 'The complexion of a devil'; 6.7 'Kindness'; 6.8 'As swift as yours'; 6.9 'As much as he deserves'; 6.10 'Le plus beau, le plus fort'; 7 Measurement and modernity; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 'I'll counterpoise'; 7.3 'To set a gloss'; 7.4 'If things be measured equal to their worth'; 7.5 'My spirit's split in two'; Bibliography; Index
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Autore	Heinze Eric
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (223 p.)
Disciplina	340/.114
Soggetto topico	Justice Justice (Philosophy) Justice in literature
ISBN	1-136-20572-1 0-203-09424-7 1-283-84602-0 1-136-20573-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; The Concept of Injustice; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Sources; 1 Nietzsche's echo; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 A mutual exclusion?; 1.3 Plan of this book; PART 1 Classical understandings; 2 Injustice as the negation of justice; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Typical expressions of mutual exclusion; 2.3 Injustice within isolated contexts; 2.4 Injustice and anti-rationalism; 2.5 Injustice within systemic contexts; 2.6 A dialectic of injustice; 2.7 Historicist dialectics of injustice; 2.8 The partial incommensurability of justice and injustice; 3 Injustice as disunity 3.1 Introduction3.2 Disunity as the primary cause of injustice in Plato; 3.3 Disunity as a major element of injustice in Aristotle; 3.4 Disunity as metaphysical injustice in Christianity; 3.5 The dialectic of unity and individuality in modernity; 4 Injustice as mismeasurement; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Suum cuique as an empty formalism; 4.3 Suum cuique as a decisive element; 4.4 Injustice as failure of reciprocity; 4.5 Transition to a post-classical concept of justice; PART 2 Post-classical understandings; 5 Injustice as unity; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Antigone: conventional versus critical contexts 5.3 Macbeth: unity as the source of disunity5.4 Talbot: merit and myth; 6 Injustice as measurement; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 'Will much impeach the justice of the state'; 6.3 'Pageants of the sea'; 6.4 'Like a golden fleece'; 6.5 'Mine own teaching'; 6.6 'The complexion of a devil'; 6.7 'Kindness'; 6.8 'As swift as yours'; 6.9 'As much as he deserves'; 6.10 'Le plus beau, le plus fort'; 7 Measurement and modernity; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 'I'll counterpoise'; 7.3 'To set a gloss'; 7.4 'If things be measured equal to their worth'; 7.5 'My spirit's split in two'; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910786452203321

Autore	Cline Erin M
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Fordham University Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xiii, 354 pages)
Disciplina	172/.2
Soggetto topico	Justice (Philosophy)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8232-5259-0 0-8232-5057-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Methods in comparative work -- The sense of justice in Rawls -- The sense of justice in the analects -- Two senses of justice -- The contemporary relevance of a sense of justice.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463267503321