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Justice A Reader

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ISBN-10: 0195335120

ISBN-13: 9780195335125

Edition: 2007

Authors: Michael J. Sandel

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Justice brings together in one indispensable volume essential readings on justice and moral reasoning. With readings from major thinkers from the classical era up to the present, the collection provides a thematic overview of the concept of justice. Moreover, Sandel's organization of the readings and his own commentaries allow readers to engage with a variety of pressing contemporary issues. Looking at a host of ethical dilemmas, including affirmative action, conscription, income distribution, and gay rights, from a variety of angles--morally, legally, politically--the collection engages with the core concerns of political philosophy: individual rights and the claims of community, equality…    
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List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/27/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 9.80" wide x 6.81" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English

Introduction: Doing the Right Thing
The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens (1884) (The lifeboat case)
Utilitarianism
Principles of Morals and Legislation
Utilitarianism
Libertarianism
Free to Choose
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
The Constitution of Liberty
Locke: Property Rights
Second Treatise of Government
Markets and Morals: Surrogate Motherhood, Military Service
Tragic Choices
Battle Cry of Freedom
"All Go Down Together"
In the Matter of Baby 'M' (1987)'
In the Matter of Baby 'M' (1988, N.J. Supreme Court)
"Is Women's Labor a Commodity?"
Kant: Freedom as Autonomy
Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
"On the Supposed Right to Lie"
Rawls: Justice as Fairness
A Theory of Justice
Distributive Justice: Equality, Entitlement, and Merit
A Theory of Justice
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Affirmative Action: Reverse Discrimination?
"Racial Discrimination or Righting Past Wrongs?"
Hopwood v. State of Texas (1996)
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
"Bakke's Case: Are Quotas Unfair?"
"Double Reverse Discrimination"
"Proxy War: Liberals Denounce Racial Profiling. Conservatives Denounce Affirmative Action. What's the Difference?"
Aristotle: Justice and Virtue
The Politics
Nichomachean Ethics
Ability, Disability, and Discrimination: Cheerleaders and Golf Carts
"A Safety Blitz: Texas Cheerleader Loses Status"
"Honor and Resentment"
"Sorry, Free Rides Not Right"
"Keep the PGA on Foot"
PGA Tour Inc. v. Casey Martin (2000)
Justice, Community, and Membership
After Virtue
Democracy's Discontent
Spheres of Justice
Moral Argument and Liberal Toleration
Political Liberalism
"Political Liberalism"
Morality and Law: Same-Sex Marriage, For and Against
Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health (2003)
"Abolish Marriage"
"Law, Morality, and 'Sexual Orientation'"
"Homosexuality and the Conservative Mind"
"Universalism, Liberal Theory, and the Problem of Gay Marriage"
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