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The Idea Of Justice
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
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(first published January 1st 2010)
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Uno de los trabajos más extensos de Sen, abarcando desde la Filosofía, la Ética, la Economía y la filosofía Política para construir una explicación moderna de la justicia y su relevancia.
Sem se beneficia en gran medida de su enorme conocimiento tanto de economía como de filosofía clásica para construir un marco intelectual en el que se puede buscar un avance de la justicia en los hechos y en las acciones al poder identificar las injusticias y corregirlas.Contrasta de lo que el llama...more
Sem se beneficia en gran medida de su enorme conocimiento tanto de economía como de filosofía clásica para construir un marco intelectual en el que se puede buscar un avance de la justicia en los hechos y en las acciones al poder identificar las injusticias y corregirlas.Contrasta de lo que el llama...more
Amartya Sen's proposal for justice is pretty commonsensical. Reading it reminded me of that moment when someone says something so self-evident, you smack your forehead and wonder why you didn't think of it. The thesis is this: Instead of focusing on ideal notions of justice, which by definition can't be realized in the real world anyway, one should think of justice as a continuum, in which some societies are more or less just relative to certain issues. The scope of these issues concerns people'...more
Tesis buku ini, kurang lebih, adalah 'pengkreasian dunia dengan kadar ketidakadilan lebih sedikit dari keadaan sebelumnya melalui diskursus yang rasional demi mendapatkan yang-baik di mana diskursus berlangsung pada tingkatan lokal, nasional, juga global.'
Berbeda dengan Rawls yang mengupas keadilan dengan cara transendental, Sen mengupas keadilan lewat cara empirik, komparatif. Pembacaan transendental punya implikasi besar dengan cara pandang atas keadilan. Secara sederhana, pendeka...more
Berbeda dengan Rawls yang mengupas keadilan dengan cara transendental, Sen mengupas keadilan lewat cara empirik, komparatif. Pembacaan transendental punya implikasi besar dengan cara pandang atas keadilan. Secara sederhana, pendeka...more
I agree with Sen's argument that justice is best considered with respect to what actually happens in the world as opposed to some idealized conception of justice on a chalk board in an ivory tower.
I tried reading The Theory of Justice by John Rawls a while back but I couldn't really connect with it quite as much as I did with this book. Rawls' argument (or at least the gist of it from what I was able to absorb) seems to be that justice is fairness and in a perfect world each perso...more
I tried reading The Theory of Justice by John Rawls a while back but I couldn't really connect with it quite as much as I did with this book. Rawls' argument (or at least the gist of it from what I was able to absorb) seems to be that justice is fairness and in a perfect world each perso...more
I must say very few people are able to understand the truth inside the truth of the book. Their are two layers of book. One that is sufficient to explain the summary of the book and second that explains insight of the author in the book and believe not everyone has that talent. All the critics never penetrated the second layer and those who penetrated say....this book is not for everyone. To practice whether you are among those readers or not simple practice an example where justice is against w...more
Although written with the general reader in mind, this cannot said to be an easy book to read, yet it is written most elegantly. It is one of the few books that I have decided to re-read at the time of finishing it, but to re-read it after some time has elapsed. Justice based on equality of capabilities is, on the face of it, a simple concept but it provokes a load of 'Ah yes, but what about...' responses and I need to get these clear in my head. There is much I agree with in Sen's analysis ...more
When an author as distinguished as Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate in economics and acclaimed polymath and thinker, writes on the issue of justice, one expects great insight into an aspect central to human life and democracy. With more than 400 dense pages of text and footnotes, over 30 pages of notes, and a long preface, Sen's book tries to take the reader through a labyrinth of ideas and literature from ancient times to modern days. Indeed, in proposing an approach that is philosophically and mora...more
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More of an intellectual joust steeped in theoretical conceptions, than a pragmatic exploration of what justice represents for the world today. This book is a great account of past theories of justice and their respective strengths and limitations. Amartya Sen illuminates the importance of positional independence and the need for collective and inclusive perspectives in attempting to define the principles of justice. There is a need to focus on social realizations instead of 'just institutions...more
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dari semua buku Sen yang saya baca, ini yang paling ambisius, dalam arti inilah titik kulminasi seluruh pencapaian intelektualnya baik di bidang ilmu ekonomi (yang untuk bidang inilah ia mendapat Nobel 1998), ilmu sosial, maupun filsafat politik.
buku ini adalah penghormatan, sekaligus kritik dan pendalaman terhadap A Theory of Justice karya John Rawls. Sulit membaca Sen ini tanpa mengetahui dulu pemikiran fenomenal Rawls yang pada saat pertama terbit (1972) langsung meng...more
dari semua buku Sen yang saya baca, ini yang paling ambisius, dalam arti inilah titik kulminasi seluruh pencapaian intelektualnya baik di bidang ilmu ekonomi (yang untuk bidang inilah ia mendapat Nobel 1998), ilmu sosial, maupun filsafat politik.
buku ini adalah penghormatan, sekaligus kritik dan pendalaman terhadap A Theory of Justice karya John Rawls. Sulit membaca Sen ini tanpa mengetahui dulu pemikiran fenomenal Rawls yang pada saat pertama terbit (1972) langsung meng...more
This book is a most impressive achievement. Though it is lovingly dedicated to the memory of John Rawls I believe it to be far better than the overrated Rawls' Theory Of Justice. I had long longed for a book on justice that starts from behavior on earth rather than airy abstractions in the air and Sen delivers my wishes. Might become a classic.
I couldn't quite complete it as, like any materials on philosophy, this book is slow paced and if you are not interested enough to delve deep into the topics it deals with, it will blatantly leave you spaced out.
It isn't a light read and, a pre-reading of Rawls would be good. However it does provide new insights into the idea of justice and, the processes or artifacts that form around the concept of justice as a whole.
This was engaging and a lot of fun to read, but some of the arguments were really frustrating (maybe this is just my Rawlsianism showing through) . . .
Navodita
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This is my first book of Amartya Sen. Its theoretical but since i like reading books on thoughts, social models, their evolution, its a good read for me.
This book is not only about justice, it is somehow difficult to read, but once you do it, you will start getting new good ideas for weeks to come
The Guardian: Perhaps, then, Sen's magisterial summation of his thought suffers from an excess of niceness; but this is surely preferable to its opposite. There is something quietly inspiring about his final chapter on the increasing reach and quality of "global reasoning", via institutions and less formal methods, which for him already constitute a kind of global democracy in embryo, and he ends on a delicately pitched note of calm optimism: "The general pursuit of justice might ...more
Poetsespresso
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How to use metaphor to access some of the thought behind justice. It's better to give the flute to the person who plays it best.
Anibal
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A well grounded account of justice based on people´s capabilities and broad values such as happiness.
Getting into it gradually. On first impressions this book goes way beyond Rawl's initial work. It's captivating because Sen clearly explores the concept of justice in a broad sense without leaving out of it the make up of institutions.
Not as dry as it could have been but still a bit tough to get through. Worth the effort though.
I think the central idea of this book raises an interesting challenge for the role ideal theory (and consequently a big swathe of political philosophy)could play in policy recommendations. Do we need a theory of justice when we can rely on our intuitions in particular cases? However, Sen doesn't really argue for his thesis in this book, he covers too much but argues too little. It could have been heavily edited into a third of its current size. Nonetheless, it is worth reading at least the fir...more
Akshay Ahuja
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Quite compelling and a tough read..
Pretty ok overview of Sen's work.
maaauuuu bgt baca..... <drool>
[in TLS 23 April 2010]
Claire S
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This is NOT light reading. As I told my husband, this is a "grad school" book. Actually, it's more difficult than perhaps half of the books I read in grad school. Anyway, I do hope to read this some day, but preferably alongside some brainiacs who can discuss and dissect it with me each week.
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The ideas put forward by Sen are intelligent and thought-through, but his numerous references to other works, ideas and concepts do make the read a little hard and dull. Wouldn't have read it had it not been required reading for my college course - but will read again with more attention.
Brilliant, thoughtful, snarky when appropriate. Sometimes developed points at greater length than seemed necessary.
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