On justice Περι δικαιου

Bibliographic Information

On justice = Περι δικαιου

by J.R. Lucas

Clarendon Press, 1989, c1980

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Other Title

Peri dikaiou

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Includes bibliographical references and index

"Reprinted 1989 (new as paperback)"--t.p. verso

On cover: Clarendon paperbacks

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The aim of this book is to give a single coherent account of the concept of justice. The Theory of Games is used to reveal the rationale of justice, and to distinguish the theory developed in the book from those given by the Utilitarians. Other books by the author include "The Principle of Politics", "The Concept of Probability", "The Freedom of the Will" and "Space, Time and Causality - an Essay in Natural Philosophy".

Table of Contents

  • Unfair
  • rights and interests
  • rationality and the theory of games
  • natural justice and process values
  • justice and law
  • punishment
  • administrative justice
  • distributive justice
  • justice and equality
  • the thoery of Rawls
  • freedom, responsibility and desert
  • "pacta sunt servanda"
  • economic justice
  • fiscal justice
  • justice between states
  • justice and morality.

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Details
  • NCID
    BA20493491
  • ISBN
    • 0198248954
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    270 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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