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Approximate Justice
Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
57,99 € |
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Verlag: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 04.12.1997 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9780742599482 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 208 |
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Beschreibungen
In this book, distinguished philosopher George Sher explores the normative moral and social problems that arise from living in a decidedly non-ideal world_a world that contains immorality, evil, and injustice, and in which resources (including knowledge) are often inadequate. Sher confronts difficult issues surrounding preferential treatment and equal opportunity, compensatory justice and punishment, the allocation of goods by lottery, and abortion and moral compromise. In each case, Sher asks not what an ideal society would involve, but how we should deal with failures to live up to individual or social ideals. Challenging current academic orthodoxy, Sher's work is sure to incite discussion among students and scholars alike. Approximate Justice is an engaging and provocative book that will excite anyone with interest in social and political philosophy, justice, and law.
In this engaging and provocative book, Sher explores the normative moral and social problems that arise from living in a decidedly non-ideal world_a world that contains immorality, evil, and injustice, and in which resources (including knowledge) are often inadequate. Sher confronts difficult issues surrounding preferential treatment and equal opportunity, compensatory justice and punishment, the allocation of goods, and moral compromise.
<br>Chapter 1 Preface
<br>Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
<br>Chapter 3 Introduction
<br>Chapter 4 Ancient Wrongs and Modern Rights
<br>Chapter 5 Compensation and Transworld Personal Identity
<br>Chapter 6 Justifying Reserve Discrimination in Employment
<br>Chapter 7 Groups and Justice
<br>Chapter 8 Effort, Ability, and Personal Desert
<br>Chapter 9 Preferential Treatment, the Future, and the Past
<br>Chapter 10 Right violations and Injustices: Can We Always Avoid Trade-Offs? Our Preferences, Ourselves
<br>Chapter 11 Predicting Performance
<br>Chapter 12 What Makes a Lottery Fair? Subsidized Abortion: Moral Rights and Moral Compromise
<br>Chapter 13 Deserved Punishment Revisited
<br>Chapter 14 Index
<br>Chapter 15 About the Author
<br>Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
<br>Chapter 3 Introduction
<br>Chapter 4 Ancient Wrongs and Modern Rights
<br>Chapter 5 Compensation and Transworld Personal Identity
<br>Chapter 6 Justifying Reserve Discrimination in Employment
<br>Chapter 7 Groups and Justice
<br>Chapter 8 Effort, Ability, and Personal Desert
<br>Chapter 9 Preferential Treatment, the Future, and the Past
<br>Chapter 10 Right violations and Injustices: Can We Always Avoid Trade-Offs? Our Preferences, Ourselves
<br>Chapter 11 Predicting Performance
<br>Chapter 12 What Makes a Lottery Fair? Subsidized Abortion: Moral Rights and Moral Compromise
<br>Chapter 13 Deserved Punishment Revisited
<br>Chapter 14 Index
<br>Chapter 15 About the Author
George Sher is professor of philosophy at Rice University. He is the author of Beyond Neutrality: Perfectionism and Politics (Cambridge, 1997) and Desert (Princeton, 1989), and the coeditor of Moral Philosophy: Selected Readings and Reason at Work: Introductory Readings in Philosophy (both from Harcourt Brace Jovanovich).