A Theory of Justice, Paperback

Often ranked as the greatest of Plato's many remarkable writings, this celebrated philosophical work of the fourth century B.C. contemplates the el...

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Rawls' 1971 text links the idea of social justice to a basic sense of fairness that recognizes human rights and freedoms. Controversially, though, ...

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Christians around the world are awakening to the Biblical call to "Do Justice"--but what does that look like in practice? Through a series of compe...

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International Relations emerged as a distinct academic discipline in the early twentieth century, but its philosophic foundations draw on centuries...

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A study of Rawls' work, "A Theory of Justice", the book gives a concise account of Rawls' central ideas, situates them within contemporary debates ...

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Theories of social justice are necessarily abstract, reaching beyond the particular and the immediate to the general and the timeless. Yet such the...

In this scintillating combination of critical race theory, social commentary, veganism, and gender analysis, media studies scholar Aph Ko offers a ...

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The first collection of popular reviews and essays from distinguished philosopher Bernard WilliamsBernard Williams was one of the most important ph...

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In 1996, the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union, a grassroots advocacy organization, won a historic legal victory against the city's Metropolitan Transit...

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This is a major new book by one of the leading figures in feminist social and political theory. The author is very well known internationally and i...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Robert NozickThe foundational text of libertarian thought First published in response to John Rawls' A Theory of Justice, R...

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A physician-anthropologist explores how public health practices--from epidemiological modeling to outbreak containment--help perpetuate global ineq...

Though the terms "queer" and "Mennonite" rarely come into theoretical or cultural contact, over the last several decades writers and scholars in th...

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A contemporary interpretation of Adam Smith's work on jurisprudence, revealing Smith's belief that progress emerges from cooperation and a commitme...

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