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020			_a9781846141478
041			_aeng
082			_a320.011 _bAMA
100			_aSen, Amartya
245			_aThe Idea of Justice _c/Amartya Sen
260			_aCambridge, MA _bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press _c2009
300			_axxviii, 467 p. ; 23 cm
500			_aIncludes index
520			_aSocial justice: an ideal, forever beyond our grasp; or one of many practical possibilities? More than a matter of intellectual discourse, the idea of justice plays a real role in how - and how well - people live. And in this book the distinguished scholar Amartya Sen offers a powerful critique of the theory of social justice that, in its grip on social and political thinking, has long left practical realities far behind
650			_aJustice
650			_aSocial contract
650			_asocial Ethics
650			_aJustice Morale PHILOSOPHY
942			_cENGLISH
999			_c53392 _d53392