Social Justice by Matthew Clayton
This reader brings together classic and contemporary contributions to debates about social justice. A collection of classic and contemporary contributions to debates about social justice. Includes classic discussions of justice by Locke and Hume. Provides broad coverage of contemporary discussions, including theoretical pieces by John Rawls, Robert Nozick and Ronald Dworkin. Contains papers that apply theories of justice to concrete issues, such as gender and the family, the market, world poverty, cultural rights, and future generations. Philosophically challenging yet accessible to students.
"This is an essential collection for students interested in the meaning and politics of social justice" Debra Satz, Stanford University
"This volume is a wonderful introduction to the main contemporary debates about distributive justice. . . the editors provide a sure guide for students through this fascinating landscape of ideas." Thomas Christiano, University of Arizona
"This collection is clear in conception, carefully edited, and sharply introduced. Could a course on social justice reasonably ask for anything more?" Mark Philp, University of Oxford
Matthew Clayton is Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Warwick.
Andrew Williams is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading, and has recently held visiting positions at Harvard and Yale. They are editors of The Ideal of Equality (2000).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781405111461 |
| ISBN 10 | 1405111461 |
| Title | Social Justice |
| Author | Matthew Clayton |
| Series | Wiley Blackwell Readings In Philosophy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-12-09 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
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