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A Short History of Distributive Justice

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Publication Date: 09/06/2005

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  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • I. From Aristotle to Adam Smith
    • 1. Two Kinds of Justice
    • 2. The Right of Necessity
    • 3. Property Rights
    • 4. Communal Experiments and Utopian Writings
    • 5. Poor Laws
  • II. The Eighteenth Century
    • 1. Citizen Equality: Rousseau
    • 2. Changing Our Picture of the Poor: Smith
    • 3. The Equal Worth of Human Beings: Kant
    • 4. To the Vendôme Palais de Justice: Babeuf
  • III. From Babeuf to Rawls
    • 1. Reaction
    • 2. Positivists
    • 3. Marx
    • 4. Utilitarians
    • 5. Rawls
    • 6. After Rawls
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Awards & Accolades

  • A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2005

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