On Justice: Philosophy, History, Foundations

Author: Mathias Risse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108481977
Published In: September 2020
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Though much attention has been paid to different principles of justice, far less has been done reflecting on what the larger concern behind the notion is. In this work, Mathias Risse proposes that the perennial quest for justice is about ensuring that each individual has an appropriate place in what our uniquely human capacities permit us to build, produce, and maintain, and is appropriately respected for the capacity to hold such a place to begin with.

Risse begins by investigating the role of political philosophers and exploring how to think about the global context where philosophical inquiry occurs. Next, he offers a quasi-historical narrative about how the notion of distributive justice identifies a genuinely human concern that arises independently of cultural context and has developed into the one we should adopt now. Finally, he investigates the core terms of this view, including stringency, moral value, ground and duties of justice.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Apologia for Justice

Part I. Political Philosophy:

2. Political Philosophy as a Vocation: Seven Approaches

3. Political Philosophy as a Vocation: Seven Approaches, Continued

4. Global Thought: Political Philosophy in the World Society

5. Global Thought: World Society, Cultural Imperialism, White Ignorance

6. Half a Century after Malcolm X Came to Visit: Reflections on the Thin Presence of African Thought in Global Justice Debates

Part II. Distributive Justice:

7. Distributive Justice and the Great Tale of Humanity

8. Origins