Justice: An Anthology

A comprehensive anthology on justice with readings that offer the different theories on the importance and placement of justice in society.The well-argued, accessible articlesencompass classic to contemporary theories and cover both positive and negative.

Table of Contents Preface I. Classical Readings of Justice Introduction I. Plato: Justice as Harmony in the Soul and State II. Aristotle: types of Justice III. Thomas Hobbes: The contractarian Theory of Justice IV. David Hume: Justice as Convention V. Karl Marx: Critique of the Gotha Program II. Contemporary Theories of Distributive Justice Introduction II.A. Libertarianism: Justice as Liberty John Hospers: The Libertarian Manifesto Robert Nozick: A Libertarian Theory of Justice G.A. Cohen: Robert Nozick Wilt Chamberlain: How Patterns Preserve Liberty Ernest van den Haag: A Conservative Critique of Libertarianism Jan Narveson: Justice as Pure Efficiency II.B. Welfare Liberalism and Communitarianism John Rawls: A Liberal Theory of Justice Alasdair MacIntyre: Justice as a Virtue: Changing Conceptions Michael Sandel: Morality and the Liberal Ideal: A Critique Amy Gutmann: A Liberal Critique of Communitarianism Susan Okin: Justice, Gender, and the Family Stephen Nathanson: The Comprehensive Welfare State: Objections and Replies Nicholas Rescher: A Pluralist Theory of Justice II.C. Equality, Desert, and Equal Opportunity Gregory Vlastos: Justice ad Equality T.M. Scanlon: The Diversity of Objections to Inequality Derek Parfit: Equality or Priority? James Rachels: What People Deserve James Fishkin: Justice, Equal Opportunity, and the Family William Galston: a Liberal defense of Equal Opportunity Steven Cahn: Two Concepts of Affirmative Action William Julius Wilson: Race specific Policies and the Truly Disadvantaged Editors of the Harvard law Review: Facial Discrimination III. International Justice Henry Sidgwick: International Justice: External Policy Immigration Garrett Hardin: Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor Peter Singer: Famine, Affluence, and Morality James R. Otteson: Limits on Our Obligation to Give: A Critique of Singer Alasdair MacIntyre: Is Patriotism a Virtue? Brian Barry: A Cosmopolitan Theory of International Society Michael Walzer: Membership Louis P. Pojman: The Case for Cosmopolitan Justice Timothy King: Justice and Immigration For Further Reading

Undergraduate