{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-justice-paperback-softback-9781405155779","title":"A Brief History of Justice (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405155779","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Brief History of Justice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"David Johnston has given us what we have long lacked, a fine and readable account of the importance of justice, which focuses as much (or more) on the heritage of our thought about this matter as on the detail of the particular theories that have preoccupied philosophers for the past thirty years.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJeremy Waldron\u003c\/b\u003e, Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, Oxford; and University Professor, NYU Law School\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Johnston (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405155779, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 13.9 x 1.6 cm, 0.354 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Highly recommended.  Lower-level undergraduates through graduate students; general readers.” (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 March 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Brief History of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eJustice\u003c\/i\u003e traces the development of the idea of justice from the ancient world until the present day, with special attention to the emergence of the modern idea of social justice.  \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn accessible introduction to the history of ideas about justice \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how complex ideas are anchored in ordinary intuitions about justice \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the emergence of the idea of social justice \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentifies connections as well as differences between distributive and corrective justice \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers accessible, concise introductions to the thought of several leading figures and schools of thought in the history of philosophy \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments ix  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: From the Standard Model to a Sense of Justice 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Terrain of Justice 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Teleology and Tutelage in Plato's Republic 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Aristotle's Theory of Justice 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 From Nature to Artifice: Aristotle to Hobbes 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Emergence of Utility 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Kant's Theory of Justice 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Idea of Social Justice 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Theory of Justice as Fairness 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: From Social Justice to Global Justice? 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of Names 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSource Notes 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 257\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470047015192,"sku":"9781405155779","price":20.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405155779.jpg?v=1785630034","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-brief-history-of-justice-paperback-softback-9781405155779","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}