Description:
This reader brings together classic and contemporary contributions to debates about social justice.
- A collection of classic and contemporary contributions to debates about social justice.
- Includes classic discussions of justice by Locke and Hume.
- Provides broad coverage of contemporary discussions, including theoretical pieces by John Rawls, Robert Nozick and Ronald Dworkin.
- Contains papers that apply theories of justice to concrete issues, such as gender and the family, the market, world poverty, cultural rights, and future generations.
- Philosophically challenging yet accessible to students.
Review Quotes: "This is an essential collection for students interested in the meaning and politics of social justice." Debra Satz, Stanford University
"This volume is a wonderful introduction to the main contemporary debates about distributive justice. . . the editors provide a sure guide for students through this fascinating landscape of ideas." Thomas Christiano, University of Arizona
"This collection is clear in conception, carefully edited, and sharply introduced. Could a course on social justice reasonably ask for anything more?" Mark Philp, University of Oxford