A brief history of justice
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A brief history of justice
（Brief histories of philosophy）
Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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A Brief History of Justice traces the development of the idea of justice from the ancient world until the present day, with special attention to the emergence of the modern idea of social justice. * An accessible introduction to the history of ideas about justice * Shows how complex ideas are anchored in ordinary intuitions about justice * Traces the emergence of the idea of social justice * Identifies connections as well as differences between distributive and corrective justice * Offers accessible, concise introductions to the thought of several leading figures and schools of thought in the history of philosophy
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Prologue: From the Standard Model to a Sense of Justice 7 1 The Terrain of Justice 15 2 Teleology and Tutelage in Plato's Republic 38 3 Aristotle's Theory of Justice 63 4 From Nature to Artifice: Aristotle to Hobbes 89 5 The Emergence of Utility 116 6 Kant s Theory of Justice 142 7 The Idea of Social Justice 167 8 The Theory of Justice as Fairness 196 Epilogue: From Social Justice to Global Justice? 223 Glossary of Names 233 Source Notes 239 Index 257
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A Brief History of Justice traces the development of the idea of justice from the ancient world until the present day, with special attention to the emergence of the modern idea of social justice.
An accessible introduction to the history of ideas about justice
Shows how complex ideas are anchored in ordinary intuitions about justice
Traces the emergence of the idea of social justice
Identifies connections as well as differences between distributive and corrective justice
Offers accessible, concise introductions to the thought of several leading figures and schools of thought in the history of philosophy
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1
Prologue: From the Standard Model to a Sense of Justice 7
1 The Terrain of Justice 15
2 Teleology and Tutelage in Plato's Republic 38
3 Aristotle's Theory of Justice 63
4 From Nature to Artifice: Aristotle to Hobbes 89
5 The Emergence of Utility 116
6 Kant's Theory of Justice 142
7 The Idea of Social Justice 167
8 The Theory of Justice as Fairness 196
Epilogue: From Social Justice to Global Justice? 223
Glossary of Names 233
Source Notes 239
Index 257
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