Author Description

This Volume Collects Previously Unpublished Work On Distributive Justice Written By Leading Political Philosophers. Its Aim Is To Provide A Wide-ranging Overview Of The Central Contemporary Debates-some More Familiar Than Others-concerning Distributive Justice. The Volume Opens With An Introduction And Its Thirty-two Chapters Are Divided Into Four Parts. The Chapters Of Part I Introduce Readers To The Main Contemporary Approaches To Distributive Justice; Those Of Part Ii Discuss The Relation Between Distributive Justice And Some Other Social Virtues; And Those Of Part Iii Address Some Central Foundational Issues That Affect Our Thinking About Justice. Finally, The Chapters Of Part Iv Examine The Implications Of Distributive Justice For Some Key Aspects Of Social Life.