A Brief History of Justice

A Brief History of Justice traces the development of the idea of justice from the ancient world until the present day, with special attention to the emergence of the modern idea of social justice.

• An accessible introduction to the history of ideas about justice
• Shows how complex ideas are anchored in ordinary intuitions about justice
• Traces the emergence of the idea of social justice
• Identifies connections as well as differences between distributive and corrective justice
• Offers accessible, concise introductions to the thought of several leading figures and schools of thought in the history of philosophy

Author: David Johnston
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 07/18/2011
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.57w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9781405155779
ISBN10: 1405155779
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | General
- Political Science | General

About the Author
David Johnston is Professor of Political Science and formerly Joseph Straus Professor of Political Philosophy in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. His books include The Rhetoric of Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Cultural Transformation (1986), The Idea of a Liberal Theory (1994), Leviathan: A Norton Critical Edition (ed. with Richard Flathman, 1997), and Equality (ed., 2000).