The concept of justice : is social justice just? / Thomas Patrick Burke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

(Thomas Patrick)separator_comma 1934- Burke.

Contributor:

T. Patrick.

Series:

Continuum Studies in Political Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice (Philosophy).

Social justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1版.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Concept of Justice , Patrick Burke explores and argues for a return to traditional ideas of ordinary justice in opposition to conceptions of "social justice" that came to dominate political thought in the 20th Century. Arguing that our notions of justice have been made incoherent by the radical incompatibility between instinctive notions of ordinary justice and theoretical conceptions of social justice, the book goes on to explore the historical roots of these ideas of social justice. Finding the roots of these ideas in religious circles in Italy and England in the 19th century, Burke e

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Part One: The Question; Chapter 1: The Problem of Justice; Chapter 2: Elements of the Problem; Part Two: Social Justice; Chapter 3: The Origins of Social Justice; Chapter 4: The Socialistic Conception of Social Justice; Chapter 5: Non-Discrimination; Part Three: Justice; Chapter 6: The Concept of Ethics; Chapter 7: The Concept of Justice; Chapter 8: Some Conclusions; Appendix: A Note on Hegel and Kant; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-01590-0

9786613015907

1-4411-9225-5

OCLC:

705538261