17.01J / 24.04J Justice, Spring 2006

Cohen, Joshua

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Cohen, Joshua

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Justice

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Abstract

This course explores three fundamental questions about the ideal of a just society and the place of values of liberty and equality in such a society. Answers to the questions provided by three contemporary theories of justice: Utilitarianism, Libertarianism, and Egalitarian Liberalism will be examined. To assess the strengths and weaknesses of these theories, a discussion of their implications for some topics of ongoing moral-political controversy will also be covered.

Date issued

2006-06

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76255

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17.01J-Spring2006

local: 17.01J

local: 24.04J

local: IMSCP-MD5-06d69395fdf28849eaa413b093ae58f3

Keywords

just society, values of liberty, equality, utilitarianism, libertarianism, egalitarian liberalism, moral-political controversy, sexual morality, financing schools and elections, religious liberty, labor markets, health care, affirmative action, abortion, global justice, 17.01J, 24.04J

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