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The Idea of Justice

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by Amartya Sen


  Lectures on Jurisprudence xi, 69

  260 –63

  Rawls on 136–8

  on reflective equilibrium 53, 129

  The Theory of Moral Sentiments viii, on Adam Smith 136–8

  xi, 19, 44, 50, 69, 123, 124, 125,

  on the social contract 8, 57, 67,

  137, 187, 191, 372, 294

  69 –71, 132–3, 136–8, 198–9,

  The Wealth of Nations 186, 256, 266

  200 –201, 203–5

  social capital 255

  A Theory of Justice xvi, 7, 8, 12,

  social choice theory xi–xii, xvi, 17–18,

  52 –3, 55, 57, 58, 65, 109, 136,

  22 –3, 53, 91–6, 103, 106–11, 112,

  137, 198, 324–5, 325

  144, 279–82, 309–10, 314–17, 410

  467

  s u b j e c t i n d e x

  social contract, concept of xi–xii, 6, 8,

  226, 351, 356, 357, 358, 369, 380,

  57, 67, 69–71, 127, 132–3, 136–8,

  402

  140 –41, 198–9, 200–201, 203–5,

  the US Supreme Court and debates

  205 –7, 410–12

  amongthe judges xi, 404–7

  social realizations xi, 6, 7, 9–10, 15,

  Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

  18 –22, 22–4, 70, 82–4, 86, 90, 94,

  1948 (UN) 357, 359, 366, 380–81,

  134, 209–14, 215–16, 217–18,

  386

  219 –21, 261, 309–14, 315,

  utilitarianism 6, 13–14, 15, 19, 62, 70,

  316 –17, 338, 354, 366–70, 372–6,

  86, 96, 137, 160, 184, 200, 218–19,

  383 –5, 410, 411, 413

  231, 239–40, 272–3, 277–8, 281,

  social welfare see welfare economics 292, 360, 362, 378, 384, 388

  South Africa xii, 116

  sovereign states and justice 25–6, 71,

  Valmiki Ramayana (Indian epic) 87

  128 –30, 141–2, 145–6, 151–2, 247

  votingand elections 93–4, 324, 326–7,

  Soviet Union 82

  328

  Spain 334

  see also democracy

  sustainable development 227, 248–52

  see also environmental issues

  welfare economics 272–3, 277–8, 281–2

  sympathy 13, 36, 49, 114, 125, 185,

  welfare rights see economic and social 188, 189, 190, 260, 308, 372, 388,

  rights

  414, 425

  well-beingand freedom 270, 282–90,

  362

  Taiwan 346

  Wittgenstein, Ludwig 31–2, 33–4, 75,

  terrorism 3, 71, 149–50, 151–2, 269,

  119 –20

  369, 384, 402

  on pain 285

  Thailand 335

  Philosophical Investigations 33, 120, torture xii, 71, 96, 104, 144, 355, 358,

  120

  376

  Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 31,

  transcendental institutionalism 4–10,

  33, 119, 120

  10 –11, 12, 21–2, 24–7, 45–6,

  Wollstonecraft, Mary

  80 –81

  A Vindication of the Rights of Men

  transcendental theory and perfect justice

  115, 116, 122, 161, 362–3

  vii, ix, xi, xii, 6, 9, 10–12, 15–18,

  A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

  95 –105, 106, 135

  115 –16, 116–17, 363, 391–3

  women and justice xi, 71–2, 162–3,

  United Nations (UN) 3, 151, 226, 257,

  166 –7, 245, 296, 374–5

  409

  see also feminism; gender inequality; see also Universal Declaration of

  missingwomen

  Human Rights

  women’s education 94, 111–12

  United States (US) 2–4, 3, 7, 21, 64, 81,

  women’s rights 115, 116–17, 142,

  114, 115–16, 121, 129, 161, 174,

  162 –3, 237, 363, 365, 391–3

  Document Outline

  Contents

  Preface

  Acknowledgements

  Introduction: An Approach to Justice

  Part I: The Demands of Justice 1. Reason and Objectivity

  2. Rawls and Beyond

  3. Institutions and Persons

  4. Voice and Social Choice

  5. Impartiality and Objectivity

  6. Closed and Open Impartiality

  Part II: Forms of Reasoning 7. Position, Relevance and Illusion

  8. Rationality and Other People

  9. Plurality of Impartial Reasons

  10. Realizations, Consequences and Agency

  Part III: The Materials of Justice 11. Lives, Freedoms and Capabilities

  12. Capabilities and Resources

  13. Happiness, Well-being and Capabilities

  14. Equality and Liberty

  Part IV: Public Reasoning and Democracy 15. Democracy as Public Reason

  16. The Practice of Democracy

  17. Human Rights and Global Imperatives

  18. Justice and the World

  Notes

  Name Index

  Subject Index

 

 

 


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