The Priority of Justice (Paperback)

Maxime Parodi

ISBN 10: 3039106589 / ISBN 13: 9783039106585

Published by Verlag Peter Lang, Pieterlen, 2005

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Paperback. One characteristic of modern society is that individuals no longer share a common or unique conception of good and evil. Social cohesion is maintained by a general agreement to live together which requires impartiality towards everyone and which takes precedence over the different conceptions of the good. This is what the authors call the priority of justice. This book highlights this priority and provides a new approach to moral choices in modern societies. The book focuses on two objectives. Firstly, it examines how and why modern individuals give priority to the right over the good. Opinion polls are the basis of this examination, through the model of a fair spectator giving priority to the reasonable over the rational. Secondly, it analyses what constitutes the principle of justice an individual applies. This book is about resolving conflicts and social justice. It takes account of the plurality of moral values and looks at norms from a fair standpoint, avoiding the famous anything goes and paying attention to what people think. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Priority of Justice (Paperback)
• Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang, Pieterlen
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3039106589
• ISBN 13: 9783039106585
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

One characteristic of modern society is that individuals no longer share a common or unique conception of good and evil. Social cohesion is maintained by a general agreement to live together which requires impartiality towards everyone and which takes precedence over the different conceptions of the good. This is what the authors call the priority of justice. This book highlights this priority and provides a new approach to moral choices in modern societies.
The book focuses on two objectives. Firstly, it examines how and why modern individuals give priority to the right over the good. Opinion polls are the basis of this examination, through the model of a ‘fair spectator’ giving priority to the reasonable over the rational. Secondly, it analyses what constitutes the principle of justice an individual applies. This book is about resolving conflicts and social justice. It takes account of the plurality of moral values and looks at norms from a fair standpoint, avoiding the famous ‘anything goes’ and paying attention to what people think.

About the Author

The Authors: Michel Forsé is a Senior Research Fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He has published several books on sociology.
Maxime Parodi is a sociologist and an Associate Research Fellow at the French National Foundation for Political Sciences (OFCE).