The idea of social injustice is pivotal to much contemporary moral and political philosophy. Starting from a comprehensive and engaging account of the ideaof social injustice, this book covers a whole range of issues, including distributive justice, exploitation, torture, moral motivations, democratic theory,voting behaviour and market socialism. VITTORIO BUFACCHI teaches Philosophy at University College Cork, Ireland. He is the author of 'Violence and Social Justice' (2007) and editor of 'Violence: A Philosophical Anthology' (2009) and 'Rethinking Violence' (2011). He is currently working on the philosophical foundations of human rights. INDICE: Preface and Acknowledgements - Making Sense of Social Injustice - Why Political Philosophy Matters: The Imperative of Social Injustice - Studying Social Injustice: The Methodology of Empirical Philosophy - The Injustice ofExploitation - Torture, Terrorism and the State: A Refutation of the Ticking-Bomb Argument (with Jean Maria Arrigo) - The Enlightenment, Contractualism, and the Moral Polity - Motivating Justice - Justice, Equality, Liberty - Sceptical Democracy - Political Scepticism: A Reply to the Critics - Voting, Rationality and Reputation - Deliberative Democracy in Action - Socialism in the 21st century: Liberal, Democratic, and Market-Oriented - Bibliography - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-25160-1
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 216
- Fecha Publicación: 11/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés