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The idea of justice

Sen Amartya

The idea of justice - London Penguin Books 2009 - 467p xxi

Contents;
Preface;
Acknowledgements;
PART I Introduction: An Approach to Justice
I. The Demands of Justice;
1. Reason and Objectivity;
2. Rawls and Beyond;
3. Institutions and Persons;
4. Voice and Social Choice;
5. Impartiality and Objectivity;
6. Closed and Open Impartiality;
PART II Forms of Reasoning
7. Position, Relevance and Illusion;
8. Rationality and Other People;
9. Plurality of Impartial Reasons;
10. Realizations, Consequences and Agency;
Prt III The Materials of Justice;
11. Lives, Freedoms and Capabilities;
12. Capabilities and Resources;
13. Happiness, Well-being and Capabilities;
14. Equality and Liberty;
PART IV Public Reasoning and Democracy
15. Democracy as Public Reason;
16. The Practice of Democracy;
17. Human Rights and Global Imperatives;
18. Justice and the World;
Notes;
Name Index;
Subject Index.


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