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Social Injustice

Essays in Political Philosophy

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  • © 2012

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  1. Vittorio Bufacchi

    1. University College Cork, Ireland

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Making Sense of Social Injustice

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 1-16

  3. Why Political Philosophy Matters: The Imperative of Social Injustice

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 17-29

  4. Studying Social Injustice: The Methodology of Empirical Philosophy

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 30-44

  5. The Injustice of Exploitation

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 45-57

  6. Torture, Terrorism, and the State: A Refutation of the Ticking-Bomb Argument

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 58-76

  7. The Enlightenment, Contractualism, and the Moral Polity

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 77-94

  8. Motivating Justice

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 95-110

  9. Justice, Equality, Liberty

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 111-122

  10. Sceptical Democracy

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 123-130

  11. Political Scepticism: A Reply to the Critics

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 131-135

  12. Voting, Rationality, and Reputation

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 136-151

  13. Deliberative Democracy in Action

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 152-160

  14. Socialism in the 21st Century: Liberal, Democratic, and Market Oriented

    • Vittorio Bufacchi
    Pages 161-170

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 171-202
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About this book

The idea of social injustice is pivotal to much contemporary moral and political philosophy. Starting from a comprehensive and engaging account of the idea of social injustice, this book covers a whole range of issues, including distributive justice, exploitation, torture, moral motivations, democratic theory, voting behaviour and market socialism.

Reviews

'...a thought-provoking and compelling contribution to political philosophy, one that should be read by scholars of any discipline who are interested in social injustice.' -Siobhan O'Sullivan, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Irish Journal of Public Policy

'This essay offers an excellent example of what philosophical reflection can gain by taking seriously the relevant empirical information.' - Maria Paola Ferretti, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, International Review of Sociology

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  • University College Cork, Ireland

    Vittorio Bufacchi

About the author

Vittorio Bufacchi teaches Philosophy at University College Cork, Ireland. He is Series Editor of Palgrave Philosophy Today.

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