Forms of Justice

What is justice? Great political philosophers from Plato to Rawls have traditionally argued that there is a single, principled answer to this question. Challenging this conventional wisdom, David Miller theorized that justice can take many different forms. In Forms of Justice, a distinguished group of political philosophers takes Miller's theory as a starting point and debates whether justice takes one form or many. Drawing real world implications from theories of justice and examining in depth social justice, national justice, and global justice, this book falls on the cutting edge of the latest developments in political theory. Sure to generate debate among political theorists and social scientists, Forms of Justice is indispensable reading for anyone attentive to the intersection between philosophy and politics.

A distinguished group of political philosophers takes Miller's theory as a starting point and debates whether justice takes one form or many. Drawing real world implications from theories of justice and examining in depth social justice, national justice, and global justice, this book falls on the cutting edge of the latest developments in political theory.

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Social Justice Chapter 3 Social Justice: Why Does It Matter What the People Think? Chapter 4 The Political Conditions of Social Justice Chapter 5 Meritocracy, Desert and the Moral Force of Intuitions Chapter 6 Desert and Luck Chapter 7 Markets and Desert Chapter 8 National Justice Chapter 9 Social Justice and the Nation State: A Modest Attack Chapter 10 What Rights for Illiberal Communities? Chapter 11 Deliberative Democracy: Guarantee for Justice or Preventing Injustice? Chapter 12 Minority Participation and Civic Education in Deliberative Democracies Chapter 13 Territorial Resolutions in Divided Societies Chapter 14 The Liberal Limits of Republican Nationality Chapter 15 Is Republican Citizenship Appropriate for the Modern World? Chapter 16 Global Justice Chapter 17 Republicanism, Patriotism, and Global Justice Chapter 18 Miller on Distributive Justice Chapter 19 Entitlements, Obligations, and Distributive Justice: The Global Level Chapter 20 Global Egalitarianism: An Undefensible Theory of Justice? Chapter 21 Nonbasic Environmental Goods and Social Justice Chapter 22 Forms of Justice Chapter 23 A Response