The Idea of Justice - Softcover

Sen, Amartya; , Joseph H.; , Charles S.; , Jorge I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674060474 ISBN 13: 9780674060470

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2011

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An original contribution to political philosophy.--Adam Kirsch"City Journal" (09/11/2009)

Sen's whole book is a cornucopia of commonsense humane advice combined with analytical insight, and far wiser than those thinkers who try to derive all their recommendations from one usually questionable overriding value.--Samuel Brittan"Financial Times" (09/04/2009)

This is an essential book; it sums up and extends the contributions of one of the world's leading thinkers about justice.--David Gordon"Library Journal" (10/15/2009)

I depart feeling challenged, invigorated, and questioning after my encounter with one of the most remarkable thinkers alive today.--Sholto Byrnes"The Independent" (07/19/2009)

Clearly the place to start for ascertaining how [Sen's] views fit together into a unique and inspiring position on justice.--Samuel Moyn"The Nation" (11/18/2009)

Few contemporary thinkers have had as much direct impact on world affairs as Amartya Sen/author. Wonderfully lucid. An invaluable compass for all those who fight injustice around the world.--Philippe Van Parijs, Louvain University

The most important contribution to the subject since John Rawls' A Theory of Justice. Sen argues that what we urgently need in our troubled world is not a theory of an ideally just state, but a theory that can yield judgments as to comparative justice, judgments that tell us when and why we are moving closer to or farther away from realizing justice in the present globalized world.--Hilary Putnam, Harvard University

In lucid and vigorous prose, The Idea of Justice gives us a political philosophy that is dedicated to the reduction of injustice on Earth rather than to the creation of ideally just castles in the air. Amartya Sen brings political philosophy face to face with human aspiration and human deprivation in the real world, to whose improvement he has devoted his intellectual life.--G. A. Cohen, University of Oxford

A major critical analysis and synthesis. Sen's inclusive approach transcends the many important scholars and viewpoints that he analyzes. The Idea of Justice presents a set of considerations on justice of importance to both the academic community and to the world of policy formation.--Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Laureate in Economics, Stanford University

The must-read of 2009 is The Idea of Justice.--Christopher Lee"The Scotsman" (12/05/2009)

About the Author:

Amartya Sen is Lamont University Professor at Harvard University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0674060474
• ISBN 13: 9780674060470
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496