Series | Book
Philosophy of justice
Abstract
This book presents surveys of significant trends in contemporary philosophy. Contributing authors explore themes relating to justice including natural rights, equality, freedom, democracy, morality and cultural traditions. Key movements and thinkers are considered, ranging from ancient Greek philosophy, Roman and Christian traditions to the development of Muslim law, Enlightenment perspectives and beyond.
Authors discuss important works, including those of Aristotle, Ibn Khaldun, John Locke, Immanuel Kant and Mary Wollstonecraft. Readers are also invited to examine Hegel and the foundation of right, Karl Marx as a utopian socialist and the works of Paul Ricœur, amongst the wealth of perspectives presented in this book.
Through these chapters, readers are able to explore the relationship of the state to justice and consider the rights of the individual and the role of law. Contributions presented here discuss concepts including Sharia law, freedom in the community and Libertarian Anarchism. Readers may follow accounts of justice in the Scottish Enlightenment and consider fairness, social justice and the concept of injustice.
The surveys presented here show different approaches and a variety of interpretations. Each contribution has its own bibliography.
Details | Table of Contents
Aristotle and beyond
pp.27-42
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_3the modern state comes into being
pp.43-60
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_4natural law, moral entities and the civil foundation of morality
pp.61-73
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_5individual rights as the core of natural law
pp.75-94
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_6democracy and freedom of speech
pp.95-118
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_7law and justice in the science of civilisation
pp.119-138
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_8the basis of Islamic law
pp.139-155
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_9libertarian anarchism
pp.157-176
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_10pp.177-189
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_11equality and freedom in the community
pp.191-211
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_12justice as freedom
pp.213-237
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_13the call for a revolution of female manners
pp.257-273
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_15a utopian socialist?
pp.275-292
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_16entre les impossibilités et la sagesse tragique
pp.369-383
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5_22Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Dordrecht
Year: 2015
Pages: 394
Series: Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey
Series volume: 12
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5
ISBN (hardback): 978-94-017-9174-8
ISBN (digital): 978-94-017-9175-5
Full citation:
Fløistad Guttorm (2015) Philosophy of justice. Dordrecht, Springer.