Sen, Amartya, 1933-

Idea of justice / Amartya Sen. - England Allen Lane 2009. - xxviii, 467 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. I. Demands of Justice -- 1. Reason and Objectivity -- 2. Rawls and Beyond -- 3. Institutions and Persons -- 4. Voice and Social Choice -- 5. Impartiality and Objectivity -- 6. Closed and Open Impartiality -- pt. II. Forms of Reasoning -- 7. Position, Relevance and Illusion -- 8. Rationality and Other People -- 9. Plurality of Impartial Reasons -- 10. Realizations, Consequences and Agency -- pt. III. Materials of Justice -- 11. Lives, Freedoms and Capabilities -- 12. Capabilities and Resources -- 13. Happiness, Well-being and Capabilities -- 14. Equality and Liberty -- pt. IV. Public Reasoning and Democracy -- 15. Democracy as Public Reason -- 16. Practice of Democracy -- 17. Human Rights and Global Imperatives -- 18. Justice and the World.

9780674036130 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781846141478

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