The Idea of Justice

Informationen zum Autor Amartya Sen is Professor of Economics and Professor of Philosophy at Harvard. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1998 to 2004, and won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998. His many celebrated books including Development as Freedom (1999), The Argumentative Indian (2005), Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny (2007) , and The Idea of Justice (2010), have been translated into more than 40 languages. In 2012 he received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama and in 2020 he was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade by President Steinmeier. Klappentext Is justice merely an ideal, forever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? In this acclaimed book, Amartya Sen presents an alternative approach to mainstream theories of justice. At the heart of Sen's argument is his insistence on the role of public reasoning in establishing what can make societies less unjust. A major new philosophical work by the Nobel Prize-winning economist and writer. Zusammenfassung Is justice an ideal, for ever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? This book offers a fresh approach to mainstream theories of justice. It shows how the principles of justice in the modern world must avoid parochialism and address vital questions of global injustice.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Amartya Sen, SEN AMARTYA, Amartya K Sen
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.07.2010
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi
• EAN: 9780141037851
• ISBN: 978-0-14-103785-1
• Numero di pagine: 468
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 12.9 x 19.7 x 2.2 cm
• Categorie: PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Ethics & moral philosophy; Ethics and moral philosophy