“Anyone concerned with social justice will find this book makes
him question his assumptions, rethink his premises, and think!"
—Andrew P. Morriss, professor, Bush School of Government and
Public Service, School of Law, Texas A&M University What is
social justice? In these pages, twenty-one accomplished academics
seek to do justice to “social justice.” Inequality exists and
it obviously causes rifts in societies. But it’s not obvious how
the government should address those rifts, or if it should address
them at all. Have we forgotten the perhaps more efficient power of
personal choice—and the corollary obligation: to serve our
neighbors—to make our society more humane? Beginning with the
first political philosophers in ancient Athens, and continuing
right through Marx into our post-modern era, men have wrestled with
the question of justice; and the answers have been as earnest as
they have been varied. Today, our “expert” class also claim to
have answers—updated answers, more “equitable” answers, more
technological answers ... in short, answers that are simply better
suited to our times. But are those answers in any way correct? Do
they work? Are they—just? In these elegant, nuanced essays, the
authors use the wisdom of ancient and modern philosophers to shed
light on these important questions—and the answers are revealing.
Armed with ample evidence from real-world experiences, lessons from
history, the wisdom of the classics, modern philosophers, and even
the teachings of the world religions, the contributors of Is Social
Justice Just? Illuminate the central role of the individual in
achieving justice in all its aspects. Read Is Social Justice Just?
And discover: how to do social justice wrong with the poison of
resentment, envy, and ignorance; how to do social justice right
with the insights of philosophers and theologians; how to respect
people’s rights and liberties without sacrificing true equality;
and how to reform flawed public policies that just make everything
worse. In a world of partisanship, hysteria, maliciousness, and
good intentions attached to hellish outcomes, this landmark book
enters the public discourse at a critical time. With a foreword by
Jordan B. Peterson, a preface by Nicholas Rescher, and a collection
of essays by some of the best and brightest scholars of our time,
Is Social Justice Just? is a timely and urgent work. Read it, and
you will begin to think about “social justice,” and justice, in
some surprising new ways.
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