Concepts of justiceD.D. Raphael.

Raphael, D. D. 1916-

Concepts of justiceD.D. Raphael. - Oxford : Clarendon Press ; (c)2001. New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2001. - 1 online resource (256 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Justice in the bible -- Aeschylus' Oresteia: the development of justice -- Plato's republic -- Aristotle -- Jurists and theologians -- Thomas Hobbes -- G.W. Leibniz -- David Hume -- Hume's critics: Kames and Reid -- Adam Smith -- J.S. Mill -- Henry Sidgwick -- Hastings Rashdall -- Peter Kropotkin -- Chaïm Perelman -- David Miller -- John Rawls -- Rovbert Nozick -- Brain Barry -- Fairness -- The developing role of justice.

"In Concepts of Justice David Raphael gives a philosophical survey of the development of the idea of justice. While the framework is historical, the aim is philosophical analysis and criticism, rather than the discovery of fresh historical facts." "Raphael does not assume that the theories of philosophers must reflect the thought and usage of people generally: some do while others are idiosyncratic, and a number of philosophers neglect the usage of the concept in the context of law. While this book is definitely not a comprehensive history, it is comprehensive in its scope."--BOOK JACKET.



9780191588075


Justice--History.
Political science--History.


Electronic Books.

JC578 / .C663 2001