1st Edition

Liberty and Justice

By J. P. Day Copyright 1987
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1987. "Justice and liberty are the central concepts of social and political thought." These true words of Raphael‘s indicate the importance of these concepts, which resides in the fact that they are significantly linked to most of the other key notions in this field of thought, so that an understanding of them is indispensable for an adequate grasp of Social Philosophy. The... Read more

Preface;  1. On Liberty and the Real Will  2. Fairness and Fortune  3. Threats, Offers, Law, Opinion and Liberty  4. Retributive Punishment  5. Compensatory Discrimination  6. Individual Liberty  7. Civil Liberty and the Rule of Law  8. The Indefeasibility of Justice  9. Procedural Equality: A Reply to Mr Ingram  10. Is the Concept of Freedom Essentially Contestable?  11. Collective Liberty and Religious Liberty  12. Economic Liberty and Economic Justice  13. Professor Taylor on Liberty and Justice;  Index of Names;  Index of Notions

Biography

J.P Day