Justice as Impartiality (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198279136)

Almost every country today contains adherents of different religions and different secular conceptions of the good life. Is there any alternative to a power struggle among them, leading most probably to either civil war or repression? The argument of this book is that justice as impartiality offers a solution. According to the theory of justice as impartiality, principles of justice are those principles that provide a reasonable basis for the unforced assent of those subject to them. The object of this book is to set the theory out, explain its rationale, and respond to a variety of criticism that have been made of it. As the second volume of his work-in-progress, A Treatise on Social Justice, this work lies at the heart of a thriving academic debate which the author has played a key role in shaping.

Author: Brian Barry
ISBN-10: 0198279132
ISBN-13: 9780198279136
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 04/20/1995
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.40w x 1.00d