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The Idea of Justice

Paperback • 2011 • English

The Idea of Justice

By Amartya Sen

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About the book

Social justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More than a matter of intellectual discourse, the idea of justice plays a real role in how—and how well—people live. And in this book the distinguished scholar Amartya Sen offers a powerful critique of the theory of social justice that, in its grip on social and political thinking, has long left practical realities far behind. The transcendental theory of justice, the subject of Sen’s analysis, flourishe...Show more

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ISBN

9780674060470

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

The Idea of Justice

Format

Paperback

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