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The Elements of Justice David Schmidtz (University of Arizona)

The Elements of Justice By David Schmidtz (University of Arizona)

The Elements of Justice by David Schmidtz (University of Arizona)


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Summary

What is justice? Questions of justice are questions about what people are due, but what that means in practice depends on context. Thus, the formal question of what people are due is answered by principles of desert, reciprocity, equality, or need.

The Elements of Justice Summary

The Elements of Justice by David Schmidtz (University of Arizona)

What is justice? Questions of justice are questions about what people are due. However, what that means in practice depends on the context in which the question is raised. Depending on context, the formal question of what people are due is answered by principles of desert, reciprocity, equality, or need. Justice, therefore, is a constellation of elements that exhibit a degree of integration and unity. Nonetheless, the integrity of justice is limited, in a way that is akin to the integrity of a neighborhood rather than that of a building. A theory of justice offers individuals a map of that neighborhood, within which they can explore just what elements amount to justice.

The Elements of Justice Reviews

"...(W)hat makes Elements of Justice so rich and compelling is that Schmidtz does not follow the dominant pattern of philosophical argumentation..." Adam Kadlac, The Hedgehog Review

About David Schmidtz (University of Arizona)

David Schmidtz is Professor of Philosophy, joint Professor of Economics, and Director of the Program of Philosophy of Freedom at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Rational Choice and Moral Agency and co-author, with Robert Goodin, of Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility. He is editor of Robert Nozick and edited, with Elizabeth Willott, Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works. His lectures on justice have taken him to sixteen countries and six continents.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; 1. What is justice?; 2. How to deserve; 3. How to reciprocate; 4. Equal respect and equal shares; 5. Three kinds of need; 6. Separate persons and the limits of justice.

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NPB9780521831642
9780521831642
0521831644
The Elements of Justice by David Schmidtz (University of Arizona)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2006-01-09
254
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