Concept of Justice Is Social Justice Just?

Summary: In The Concept of Justice, Patrick Burke explores and argues for a return to traditional ideas of ordinary justice in opposition to conceptions of "social justice" that came to dominate political thought in the 20th Century. Arguing that our notions of justice have been made incoherent by the radical incompatibility between instinctive notions of ordinary justice and theoretical conceptions of social justice, the book goes on to explore the historical roots of these ideas of social justice. Finding the roots of these ideas in religious circles in Italy and England in the 19th century, Burke e.

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ISBN: 9781441192257
ISBN: 1441192255
ISBN: 9781441169914
ISBN: 1441169911
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (250 pages).
Publisher: London : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2011.

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General Note:	Multi-User. Contents; Preface; Part One: The Question; Chapter 1: The Problem of Justice; Chapter 2: Elements of the Problem; Part Two: Social Justice; Chapter 3: The Origins of Social Justice; Chapter 4: The Socialistic Conception of Social Justice; Chapter 5: Non-Discrimination; Part Three: Justice; Chapter 6: The Concept of Ethics; Chapter 7: The Concept of Justice; Chapter 8: Some Conclusions; Appendix: A Note on Hegel and Kant; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	The question -- The problem of justice -- Elements of the problem -- Social justice -- The origins of social justice -- The socialistic conception of social justice -- Non-discrimination -- Justice -- The concept of ethics -- The concept of justice -- Some conclusions -- Appendix: Kant and Hegel.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.