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Against injustice : the new economics of Amartya Sen /
Traditional theories of justice as formulated by political philosophers, jurists and economists have all tended to see injustice as simply a breach of justice, a breakdown of the normal order. Amartya Sen's work acts as a corrective to this tradition by arguing that we can recognise patent inju...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Traditional theories of justice as formulated by political philosophers, jurists and economists have all tended to see injustice as simply a breach of justice, a breakdown of the normal order. Amartya Sen's work acts as a corrective to this tradition by arguing that we can recognise patent injustices, and come to a reasoned agreement about the need to remedy them, without reference to an explicit theory of justice. Against Injustice brings together distinguished academics from a variety of different fields - including economics, law, philosophy and anthropology - to explore the ideas underlying Sen's critique of traditional approaches to injustice. The centrepiece of the book is the first chapter by Sen in which he outlines his conception of the relationship between economics, ethics and law. The rest of the book addresses a variety of theoretical and empirical issues that relate to this conception, concluding with a response from Sen to his critics. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 317 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (page 309) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511658327 051165832X 9780511654510 0511654510 9780511700446 051170044X 9780511656064 0511656068 1107212448 9781107212442 0521182611 9780521182614 1282466976 9781282466975 9786612466977 6612466979 0511657773 9780511657771 0511656467 9780511656460 0511655614 9780511655616 0511657013 9780511657016 |