Book Description
"What is justice? Great political philosophers from Plato to Rawls have traditionally argued that there is a single, principled answer to this question. Challenging this conventional wisdom, David Miller theorized that justice can take many different forms. In Forms of Justice, a distinguished group of political philosophers takes Miller's theory as a starting point and debates whether justice takes one form or many. Drawing real world implications from theories of justice and examining in depth social justice, national justice, and global justice, this book falls on the cutting edge of the latest developments in political theory. Sure to generate debate among political theorists and social scientists, Forms of Justice is indispensable reading for anyone attentive to the intersection between philosophy and politics."
Forms of Justicc: Critical Perspectives on David Miller's Political Philosophy SYNOPSIS
Most political philosophers have posited a single principle of justice that can be applied to all questions of politics. Michael Walzer, in contrast, put forth a pluralistic approach to justice that recognizes that different communities attach varying value to different spheres of social goods. David Miller extended this theory of political justice, asserting that just as there are different principles of justice within communities, there are different principles between communities. Bell (public and social administration, City U. of Hong Kong) and de-Shalit (political science, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem, Israel) present 18 chapters that use Miller's ideas as a launching pad to develop their own ideas about the theoretical basis for political justice. Miller is afforded the final word in his own chapter responding to critics of his theory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR
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