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In Rethinking Justice, Richard H. Bell lifts up and restores an idea of justice found in classical writers such as Socrates and Seneca as well as in more recent thinkers. Justice, classically, has dealt with righting wrongs and restoring peace to individuals and human communities. We have lost sight of this in our modern political and legal dealings and must find a way to return it to mind and to practice. Each chapter looks at ways to restore such reconciliatory practices to the idea of justice that can be found in our contemporary life and literature and focuses on numerous recent cases of abuse of justice among individuals, groups and nations. Bell approaches justice as a concept that goes hand in hand with compassion, mercy, and trust. Rethinking Justice reminds us that we have an obligation to foster peace, be merciful, and promote reconciliation with our brothers and sisters in humanity.
List of contents
Part 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 The Concept of Justice: Recent Perspectives
Chapter 5 Justice: Human Dignity and Equality
Chapter 6 Mercy and the Cultivation of Humanity
Chapter 7 Justice Across Boundaries I: The Moral and Literary Imagination
Chapter 8 Justice Across Boundaries II: Human Development and Obligations
Chapter 9 Restorative Justice and Deliberative Democracy
Chapter 10 Spirituality and Justice: Restoring Our Humanity
Chapter 11 Epilogue
About the author
Richard H. Bell is Professor of Theology at the University of Nottingham, UK. He studied theoretical physics at University College London and theology at Oxford and Tubingen. He is author of Provoked to Jealousy (1994), No one seeks for God (1998), The Irrevocable Call of God (2005), Deliver Us from Evil (2007), and Wagner's Parsifal (2013).
Summary
Rethinking Justice lifts up and restores an idea of justice found in classical writers as well as more recent thinkers. Justice deals with righting wrongs and restoring peace to individuals and communities. We have lost sight of this and must return to it in mind and practice.
