Christian Justice and Public Policy

by Duncan B. Forrester

Book Overview

Disagreements about justice are not simply academic matters. They create problems for practice and for policy-making. In a morally fragmented society in which 'nobody knows what justice is' issues such as wages policy, punishment and poverty become particularly difficult to handle. People striving to act justly are often uncertain how this might be done. Secular theories such as those of Rowls, Hayek, Habermas and modern feminist theorists, examined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521556112
• ISBN13: 9780521556118
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"