Perspectives on Social Justice: From Hume to Walzer

Synopsis

Social Justice is a central concern of contemporary politics and political theory. The essays in this collection provide perspectives on the origins, development and likely problems for our understanding of the concept of social or distributive justice. Exploring the sources and origins of modern theories of justice as well as their critiques, this study is an excellent introduction to and survey of contemporary issues of social justice. Richard Bellamy University of East Anglia; David Boucher University of Wales, Swansea; Chris Brown University of Southampton; Joseph V Femia University of Liverpool;