Social Justice

Description

The Conference on Social Justice was the second in the series of con­ ferences organized under the auspices of the Departments of Eco­ nomics, Philosophy, and Political Science of The City College of The City University of New York. This conference was made possible under a generous grant from the Morton Globus Fund. Its success was assured by the participation of distinguished scholars and edu­ cators from the organizing departments as well as from a number of other American institutions of higher learning. Not all who partici­ pated are included in this volume drawn from the conference, but we are grateful to all, equally, for their contribution as discussants. On behalf of the chairmen and members of the participating de­ partments, I would like to express thanks to the panelists for making their papers available for publication. I would also like to express my gratitude to Mr. Morton Globus for his generosity and to Acting President Arthur Tiedemann and Professor Jerome Siegel, the Acting Dean of the Social Science Division of The City College, for their consistent support of this project. Finally, I would like to express my appreciation to the publisher, Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, for its patience and cooperation and to my wife, Elizabeth Braham, for her ~dvice and editorial assistance. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Human Nature and Justice....Pages 1-16 The Historical Dimension of Justice....Pages 17-28 Values and Rights Underlying Social Justice....Pages 29-44 Justice as Desert....Pages 45-54 Equality of Opportunity....Pages 55-77 Equal Treatment and Reverse Discrimination....Pages 79-93 A Confrontation between the Theory of Social Choice and the Theory of Democracy....Pages 95-119 Men, Monkeys, and Morals: A Property Rights Theory of Social Justice ....Pages 121-144 Social Justice and the Urban Predicament: The New York City Transit Strike of 1980 ....Pages 145-165 Back Matter....Pages 167-170