Justice: Views from the Social Sciences

by Ronald L. Cohen

Book Overview

Ronald L. Cohen Justice is a central moral standard in social life. It is invoked in judging individual persons and in judging the basic structure of societies. It has been described as akin to a "human hunger or thirst" (Pascal, Pensees, cited in Hirschman, 1982, p. 91), "more powerful than any physical hunger, and endlessly resilient" (Pitkin, 1981, p. 349). The most prominent contemporary theory of justice proceeds from the claim that justice is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489935134
• ISBN13: 9781489935137
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"