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The idea of justice : [Book] : a major advance in contemporary thinking / Amartya Sen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Penguin, 2010.Description: xxvii, 468 pages. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780141037851 (paperback)
  • 0141037857 (pbk.) :
DDC classification:
  • 320.011 22
Other classification:
  • 320.011
Summary: Social 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.
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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 2nd Floor Books 320.011 SEN-I 54307 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 54307
Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 2nd Floor Books 320.011 SEN-I 54627 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 57627
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Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2009.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Social 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.

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