Natural justice
- New York Oxford University Press 2011
- xiii,207 p. 25 cm ; Pbk
Flipkart
Moral science -- Bargaining -- Battle of the isms -- Equilibrium -- Reciprocity -- Duty -- Kinship -- Empathy -- The golden rule -- Utilitarianism -- Egalitarianism -- Planned decentralization.
Natural Justice is an attempt to lay the foundations for a genuine science of morals using the theory of games. Since human morality is no less a product of evolution than any other human characteristic, the book takes the view that we need to explore its origins in the food-sharing social contracts of our prehuman ancestors. It is argued that the deep structure of our current fairness norms continues to reflect