Philosophy of Justice / edited by Guttorm Fløistad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Institute of Philosophy, author.

Contributor:

Fløistad, Guttorm, Editor.

Series:

Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Political science--Philosophy.

Philosophy of Law.

Political Philosophy.

Local Subjects:

Philosophy of Law.

Political Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents surveys of significant trends in contemporary philosophy. Contributing authors explore themes relating to justice including natural rights, equality, freedom, democracy, morality and cultural traditions. Key movements and thinkers are considered, ranging from ancient Greek philosophy, Roman and Christian traditions to the development of Muslim law, Enlightenment perspectives and beyond. Authors discuss important works, including those of Aristotle, Ibn Khaldun, John Locke, Immanuel Kant and Mary Wollstonecraft. Readers are also invited to examine Hegel and the foundation of right, Karl Marx as a utopian socialist and the works of Paul Ricœur, amongst the wealth of perspectives presented in this book. Through these chapters, readers are able to explore the relationship of the state to justice and consider the rights of the individual and the role of law. Contributions presented here discuss concepts including Sharia law, freedom in the community and Libertarian Anarchism. Readers may follow accounts of justice in the Scottish Enlightenment and consider fairness, social justice and the concept of injustice. The surveys presented here show different approaches and a variety of interpretations. Each contribution has its own bibliography.

Contents:

Preface ; Guttorm Fløistad

Introduction; Guttorm Fløistad

La justice à la lumière des Lois ; Bertrand Saint-Sernin

Justice and Moderation in the State: Aristotle and Beyond; Eleni Leontsini

Jean Bodin – The Modern State Comes into Being; Thomas Krogh

Samuel Pufendorf – Natural Law, Moral Entities and the Civil Foundation of Morality; Thor Inge Rørvik

Hugo Grotius – Individual Rights as the Core of Natural Law; Andreas Harald Aure

Baruch Spinoza: Democracy and Freedom of Speech; Paola De Cuzzani

Ibn Khaldun: Law and Justice in the Science of Civilisation; Lars Gule

Inscrutable Divinity or Social Welfare? The Basis of Islamic Law; Knut S. Vikør

John Locke – Libertarian Anarchism; Helga Varden

Accounts of Justice in the Scottish Enlightenment; Athanasia Glycofrydi-Leontsini

Rousseau – Equality and Freedom in the Community; Ellen Krefting

Immanuel Kant – Justice as Freedom; Helga Varden

Hegel and the Foundation of Right; Terje Stefan Sparby

Mary Wollstonecraft – The Call for a Revolution of Female Manners; Kjersti Fjørtoft

Karl Marx – a Utopian Socialist?; Jørgen Pedersen

Humanity in Times of Crisis Hannah Arendt’s Political Existentialism; Odin Lysaker

John Rawls’ Theory of Justice as Fairness; Andreas Follesdal

Love and Justice in Ricœur; Peter Kemp

Justice sociale, justice globale; Dominique Terré

Seeing Injustice; Gülriz Uygur

Justices : entre les impossibilités et la sagesse tragique; Jean-Godefroy Bidima.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-017-9175-9

OCLC:

908088280