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Social Justice

Andrew Williams editor Matthew Clayton editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:9th Dec '03

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This reader brings together classic and contemporary contributions to debates about social justice.


  • A collection of classic and contemporary contributions to debates about social justice.
  • Includes classic discussions of justice by Locke and Hume.
  • Provides broad coverage of contemporary discussions, including theoretical pieces by John Rawls, Robert Nozick and Ronald Dworkin.
  • Contains papers that apply theories of justice to concrete issues, such as gender and the family, the market, world poverty, cultural rights, and future generations.
  • Philosophically challenging yet accessible to students.

"This is an essential collection for students interested in the meaning and politics of social justice." Debra Satz, Stanford University


"This volume is a wonderful introduction to the main contemporary debates about distributive justice. . . the editors provide a sure guide for students through this fascinating landscape of ideas." Thomas Christiano, University of Arizona


"This collection is clear in conception, carefully edited, and sharply introduced. Could a course on social justice reasonably ask for anything more?" Mark Philp, University of Oxford

ISBN: 9781405111461

Dimensions: 246mm x 173mm x 26mm

Weight: 617g

336 pages