Philosophy of JusticeGuttorm Fløistad This book presents surveys of significant trends in contemporary philosophy. Contributing authors explore themes relating to justice including natural rights, equality, freedom, democracy, morality and cultural traditions. Key movements and thinkers are considered, ranging from ancient Greek philosophy, Roman and Christian traditions to the development of Muslim law, Enlightenment perspectives and beyond. Authors discuss important works, including those of Aristotle, Ibn Khaldun, John Locke, Immanuel Kant and Mary Wollstonecraft. Readers are also invited to examine Hegel and the foundation of right, Karl Marx as a utopian socialist and the works of Paul Ricœur, amongst the wealth of perspectives presented in this book. Through these chapters, readers are able to explore the relationship of the state to justice and consider the rights of the individual and the role of law. Contributions presented here discuss concepts including Sharia law, freedom in the community and Libertarian Anarchism. Readers may follow accounts of justice in the Scottish Enlightenment and consider fairness, social justice and the concept of injustice. The surveys presented here show different approaches and a variety of interpretations. Each contribution has its own bibliography. |
Contents
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Aristotle and Beyond | 27 |
The Modern State Comes into Being | 43 |
Samuel Pufendorf Natural Law Moral Entities and the Civil Foundation of Morality | 61 |
Hugo Grotius Individual Rights as the Core of Natural Law | 75 |
Democracy and Freedom of Speech | 95 |
Law and Justice in the Science of Civilisation | 119 |
Immanuel Kant Justice as Freedom | 213 |
Hegel and the Foundation of Right | 238 |
Mary Wollstonecraft The Call for a Revolution of Female Manners | 257 |
Karl Marx A Utopian Socialist? | 275 |
Humanity in Times of Crisis | 293 |
John Rawls Theory of Justice as Fairness | 311 |
Love and Justice in Ricœur | 329 |
Justice sociale justice globale | 336 |