The Idea of Justice

Presents An Analysis Of What Justice Is, The Transcendental Theory Of Justice And Its Drawbacks, And A Persuasive Argument For A Comparative Perspective On Justice That Can Guide Us In The Choice Between Alternatives. Introduction: An Approach To Justice -- The Demands Of Justice. -- Reason And Objectivity -- Rawls And Beyond -- Institutions And Persons -- Voice And Social Choice -- Impartiality And Objectivity -- Closed And Open Impartiality -- Forms Of Reasoning. -- Position, Relevance And Illusion -- Rationality And Other People -- Plurality Of Impartial Reasons -- Realizations, Consequences And Agency -- The Materials Of Justice. -- Lives, Freedoms And Capabilities -- Capabilities And Resources -- Happiness, Well-being And Capabilities -- Equality And Liberty -- Public Reasoning And Democracy. -- Democracy As Public Reason -- The Practice Of Democracy -- Human Rights And Global Imperatives -- Justice And The World. Amartya Sen. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.