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The Elements of Justice

David Schmidtz author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:9th Jan '06

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This book discusses what justice is and how its meaning will often depend on its context.

What is justice? Questions of justice are questions about what people are due, but what that means in practice depends on context. Thus, the formal question of what people are due is answered by principles of desert, reciprocity, equality, or need.What is justice? Questions of justice are questions about what people are due. However, what that means in practice depends on the context in which the question is raised. Depending on context, the formal question of what people are due is answered by principles of desert, reciprocity, equality, or need. Justice, therefore, is a constellation of elements that exhibit a degree of integration and unity. Nonetheless, the integrity of justice is limited, in a way that is akin to the integrity of a neighborhood rather than that of a building. A theory of justice offers individuals a map of that neighborhood, within which they can explore just what elements amount to justice.

"...(W)hat makes Elements of Justice so rich and compelling is that Schmidtz does not follow the dominant pattern of philosophical argumentation..." Adam Kadlac, The Hedgehog Review

ISBN: 9780521831642

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm

Weight: 480g

254 pages