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Justice

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ISBN-10: 0131835157

ISBN-13: 9780131835153

Edition: 2006

Authors: Louis P. Pojman

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Written by a group of distinguished philosophers, the Foundations of Philosophy Series aims to exhibit some of the main problems in the various fields of philosophy at the present stage of philosophical inquiry. This book is written from the viewpoint that although justice is the most important concept in political philosophy, it is also one of the most contested concepts in philosophy. The material presents a philosophical map to navigate the plethora of confusing, competing theories and concepts regarding the importance of justice. Coverage begins with an overview of the concept of justice, arguing that justice is a vital part of political philosophy, which in turn is part of moral…    
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List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 153
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.440

Louis P. Pojman (1935-2005) was Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at the United States Military Academy and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary/Columbia University. He was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Copenhagen and a Rockefeller Fellow at Hamburg University. He received his D.Phil. in Philosophy from Oxford University in 1997.His first position was at the University of Notre Dame, after which he taught at the University of Texas at Dallas. Later, at the University of Mississippi, he served for three years as Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. In 1995, he became Professor of Philosophy…    

Introduction
The Circumstances of Justice
Justice and Moral Philosophy
Formal and Material Principles of Justice
Is Justice Comparative or Noncomparative?
Law, Justice, and Equity
Democracy, Capitalism, and Distributive Justice
Status Disequilibrium
The Classical Theory of Justice as Desert
The Classical Concept of Justice as Desert
Natural and Institutional Desert
The Bases for Desert
Merit and Desert
The Symmetry Argument
Objections to Desert-Based Justice
The Libertarian Theory of Justice: Robert Nozick
Classical Liberalism and Justice: Rights and the Justification of Property
Robert Nozickrsquo;s Libertarian Theory
A Critical Assessment of Libertarianism
Liberty and the Tragedy of the Commons
The Liberal Theory of Justice: John Rawls
John Rawlsrsquo;s Theory of Justice as Fairness
The Principles
An Assessment of Rawlsrsquo;s Theory of Justice as Fairness
On Rawlsrsquo;s Rejection of Preinstitutional Desert
A Reconciling Egalitarianism
Complex Justice
Nine Spheres of Justice
Equal Opportunity
The Ideal of Equal Opportunity
The Concept of Equal Opportunity
Types of Equal Opportunity
Arguments for Equal Opportunity
Global Justice
Introduction: Global Disparities
Theories of Obligation to Distant People
Justice: Theories of Rights and Duties
Universal Duties of Justice
Cosmopolitan Vision
The Cosmopolitan-Justice Imperative: The Possibility of World Government
Justice and Punishment
Why Do We Have a System of Punishment?
The Definition of Punishment
Theories of Punishment
Desert and Retributive Justice
Deterrence
Rehabilitative Theories
Application to the Death Penalty
For Further Reading
Index