Overview
- Presents surveys in the field of philosophy, showing different approaches and interpretations to justice
- Traces key movements and thinkers through the ages, from ancient Greece through Christian and Muslim thought, to the Enlightenment and beyond
- Explores themes relating to justice including natural rights, equality, freedom, democracy, morality and cultural traditions
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey (COPH, volume 12)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- Hegel and the foundation of right
- basis of Islamic law
- civil foundation of morality
- democracy and freedom of speech
- equality and freedom
- individual rights and natural law
- justice and freedom
- justice and moderation in the state
- justice in the Scottish Enlightenment
- law and justice in science of civilisation
- libertarian anarchism
- natural law and moral entities
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philosophy of Justice
Editors: Guttorm Fløistad
Series Title: Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9175-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9174-8Published: 23 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0796-9Published: 10 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9175-5Published: 10 September 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 394
Topics: Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy