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Justice & its Surroundings (Paperback)
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Justice & its Surroundings (Paperback)
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List price R298
Loot Price R273
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You Save R25 (8%)
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Author of The State, Anthony de Jasay, has been described as one of
the few genuinely original minds in modern political philosophy. He
breaks new ground with Justice and Its Surroundings - a new
collection of trenchant essays that seek to redefine the concept of
justice and to highlight the frontier between it and the
surrounding issues that encroach upon it and are mistakenly
associated with it. Justice and Its Surroundings discusses rival
notions which treat justice 'as something else' -- as fairness,
equality, or moral intuition. Jasay states, "Theories of justice
inspired by the idea that its function is to rectify the way of the
world by redistributing the good and bad things that happen to make
up people's lots tend to be intellectually weak and vulnerable to
the weapon of logic." Jasay's chosen mission is to promote clear
reasoning rather than plead for a good cause. This straightforward
and terse book analyzes the roles of collective choice,
redistribution, and socialism and the claims that would enlist
justice in their service. The issue of whether state authority is
necessary, convenient, or neither, and the primacy of convention
and contract are among the pivotal questions Jasay poses. Essays
are divided into 5 categories: The Needless State, Redistribution,
Justice, Socialism and Freedom. Features an introduction and index.
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