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Part one. Classical sources. Introduction to part one -- Homer, "Agamemnon's plea for justice," from the Iliad -- "Justice, equality, desert," from the Bible (Old and New Testaments) -- Plato, "Justice in the state and in the soul," from the Republic -- Aristotle, "The various types of justice," from the Nicomachean Ethics -- "Justice, retribution, and mercy," from the Koran -- Thomas Aquinas, "The nature of justice," from Summa Theologica -- Mencius, "Justice and humanity," from On the Mind -- Part two. Justice and the social contract. Introduction to part two -- Thomas Hobbes, "The state of nature and the laws of nature," from Leviathan -- John Locke, "The state of nature and the social contract," from Second Treatise on Government -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, "From the state of nature to citizenship," from A Discourse on Inequality and On the social contract -- G.W.F. Hegel, "Master and slave," from Phenomenology of Spirit -- John Rawls, "The original position," from A Theory of Justice -- Robert Nozick, "From anarchy to the minimal state," from Anarchy, State, and Utopia -- David Gauthier, "The presuppositions of the social contract," from "The social contract as ideology" -- Annette Baier, "Against social contract understandings of justice," from "Trust and antitrust." |
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Part three. Justice and society. Introduction to part three -- The Declaration of Independence and the amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America -- John Locke, "Of property," from the Second Treatise on Government -- David Hume, "The circumstances of justice and the rules of property," from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals and A Treatise of Human Nature -- Adam Smith, "Justice as a moral sentiment," from A Theory of the Moral Sentiments, and "The virtues of the free market," from The Wealth of Nations -- Immanuel Kant, "Rightful ownership," from The Philosophy of Law -- G.W.F. Hegel, "Justice, property, and law," from The Philosophy of Right -- John Stuart Mill, "Social justice and utility," from Utilitarianism -- Friedrich Engels, "Against arm-chair justice," from Anti-Dühring, and Karl Marx, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs," from A Critique of the Gotha Programme -- Friedrich von Hayek, "Against 'social justice, '" from The Mirage of Social Justice -- Bernard Williams, "Equality," from "The idea of equality" -- David Miller, "On three types of justice," from Social Justice. |
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Part four. Justice and punishment. Introduction to part four -- Pietro Marongiu and Graeme Newman, "Patterns of vengeance," from Vengeance -- Robert Nozick, "Retribution and revenge," from Philosophical Explanations -- Jeremy Bentham, "A utilitarian theory of punishment," from Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation -- Immanuel Kant, "A retributivist theory of punishment," from The Philosophy of Law -- G.W.F. Hegel, "Punishment as self-chosen," from The Philosophy of Right -- Friedrich Nietzsche, "Punishment and ressentiment," from On the Genealogy of Morals -- John Rawls, "A defense of the utilitarian view," from "Two concepts of rules" -- Michael Moore, "A defense of the retributivist view," from "The moral worth of retribution" -- Jean Hampton, "The message of punishment," from "The moral education theory of punishment" -- Robert C. Solomon, "Justice and the passion for vengeance," from A Passion for Justice -- United States Supreme Court, Gregg v. Georgia (1976) -- Hugo Bedau, "Against the death penalty," from "Capital punishment" -- Ernest van Den Haag, "For the death penalty," from "Deterrence and the death penalty" -- Albert Camus, "The unique horror of the death penalty," from "Reflections on the guillotine." |
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Part five. The contemporary debate on distributive justice. Introduction to part five -- John Rawls, "Justice as fairness," from "Justice as fairness" and A Theory of Justice -- Ronald Dworkin, "Justice and hypothetical agreements," from "The original position" -- Thomas Nagel, "Internal difficulties with justice as fairness," from "Rawls on justice" -- Robert Nozick, "The entitlement theory," from Anarchy, State, and Utopia -- Alasdair MacIntyre, "Justice and community," from Liberalism and the Limits of Justice -- Michael Walzer, "Complex equality," from Spheres of Justice -- Susan Moller Okin, "Justice as fairness: for whome?," from Justice, Gender, and the Family -- John Rawls, "Justice as fairness as a political conception of justice," from "Justice as fairness: political not metaphysical." |
| Review |
"What is Justice? Classic and Contemporary Readings, 2/e, brings together many of the most prominent and influential writings on the topic of justice, providing an exceptionally comprehensive introduction to the subject. It places special emphasis on "social contract" theories of justice, both ancient and modern, culminating in the monumental work of John Rawls and various responses to his work. It also deals with questions of retributive justice and punishment, topics that are often excluded from other volumes on justice. This new edition features expanded and updated readings on justice and punishment and includes more recent responses to John Rawls's work." |
| Summary |
"Ideal for a wide variety of courses including social and political philosophy, ethics, philosophy of law, and contemporary moral problems, What Is Justice?, 2/e, does not assume any philosophical or specialized background. It is also engaging reading for anyone interested in justice."--Jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-350). |
| Genre/form | Sources (form) |
| LCCN | 99022333 |
| ISBN | 0195128109 (paper) |
| ISBN | 9780195128109 (paper) |
