Theorizing Justice: Critical Insights and Future Directions - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783484055 ISBN 13: 9781783484058

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

A collection of essays that examine how discussions of justice are most usefully shaped in our world, rethinking how we theorize justice and principles of justice.

About this title

About the Author:

Krushil Watene is Lecturer in Philosophy at Massey University, New Zealand. She is of Ngāti Manu, Te Hikutu, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, and Tongan descent.

Jay Drydyk is Professor of Philosophy at Carleton University, a former President of the International Development Ethics Association, and a Fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association. He is the co-author of Displacement by Development (CUP, 2011).

Contributors:
Tim Mulgan, Professor of Philosophy, University of Auckland, New Zealand, and University of St Andrews, UK; Colleen Murphy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor, and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University, USA; Mozaffar Qizilbash, Professor of Economics and Philosophy, University of York, UK; Jay Drydyk, Professor of Philosophy, Carleton University, Canada; Thom Brooks, Professor of Law and Government, University of Durham, UK; Krushil Watene, Lecturer in Philosophy, Massey University, New Zealand; Rutger Claassen, Associate Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy, University of Utrecht, Netherlands; Stacy J. Kosko Assistant Director MIDCM, University of Maryland, USA

Review:

If we want to address cases of injustice, we need to rethink our theories of justice. That requires a critical analysis of the assumptions in liberal theories of justice as well as the development of alternatives. Theorizing Justice makes important contributions to this project, and should be required reading for anyone interested in justice for the world as it is. (Ingrid Robeyns, Professor of Ethics, Utrecht University)

This collection stimulatingly explores a great variety of questions that arise under the umbrella of justice—from Rawls’s question about the basic structure of society to questions about minimal, fundamental, and transitional justice; justice for indigenous peoples; justice in circumstances with more than moderate scarcity; and more—here appropriately addressed by a strikingly diverse set of distinctive authorial voices. (Henry S. Richardson, Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1783484055
• ISBN 13: 9781783484058
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210
• Editor: Watene Krushil, Drydyk Jay