内容简介
Whatisjustice?Questionsofjusticearequestionsaboutwhatpeoplearedue.However,whatthatmeansinpracticedependsonthecontextinwhichthequestionisraised.Dependingoncontext,theformalquestionofwhatpeoplearedueisansweredbyprinciplesofdesert,reciprocity,equality,orneed.Justice,therefore,isaconstellationofelementsthatexhibitadegreeofintegrationandunity.Nonetheless,theintegrityofjusticeislimited,inawaythatisakintotheintegrityofaneighborhoodratherthanthatofabuilding.Atheoryofjusticeoffersindividualsamapofthatneighborhood,withinwhichtheycanexplorejustwhatelementsamounttojustice.
作者简介
DavidSchmidtzisProfessorofPhilosophy,jointProfessorofEconomics,andDirectoroftheProgramofPhilosophyofFreedomattheUniversityofArizona.HeistheauthorofRationalChoiceandMoralAgencyandco-author,withRobertGoodin,ofSocialWelfareandIndividualResponsibility.HeiseditorofRobertNozickandedited,withElizabethWillott,EnvironmentalEthics:WhatReallyMatters,WhatReallyWorks.Hislecturesonjusticehavetakenhimtosixteencountriesandsixcontinents.