Political PhilosophyBook · 2009
The Idea of Justice
Amartya Sen
Sen accepts Rawls's justice as fairness and rejects most of the machinery around it, arguing that people can compare one state of affairs with another without first agreeing on perfectly just institutions. He holds that the original position need not produce Rawls's two principles, and that several conflicting principles can each be just. First published in 2009 by Belknap Press.
Why you should read this
Amartya Sen's book challenges Rawls's transcendental, institution-first approach to justice and argues for a comparative method that starts from actual, remediable injustices rather than an ideal blueprint. Assumes some familiarity with Rawlsian political philosophy and works best for readers already inside that debate.
- Field
- Political Philosophy
- Form
- Non-fiction
- Published
- 2009
- Themes
- JusticePolitical PhilosophyContemporary
