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Justice As Impartiality (Oxford Political Theory)

By Brian Barry

Book information

Year
1996
ISBN
0198290926, 9780198290926, 0198279132, 9780198279136
ASIN
B000OKYJ2Q
LCC
JC578 .B37 1989 vol. 2
Open Library ID
OL1104549M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13194396 bytes)
Pages
336\334
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Almost every country today contains adherents of different religions and different secular conceptions of the good life. Is there any alternative to a power struggle among them, leading most probably to either civil war or repression? The argument of this book is that justice as impartiality offers a solution. According to the theory of justice as impartiality, principles of justice are those principles that provide a reasonable basis for the unforced assent of those subject to them. The object of this book is to set the theory out, explain its rationale, and respond to a variety of criticism that have been made of it. As the second volume of his work-in-progress, A Treatise on Social Justice, this work lies at the heart of a thriving academic debate which the author has played a key role in shaping.

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