Review: The Idea of Justice
User Review - Sridhar - GoodreadsWhen an author as distinguished as Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate in economics and acclaimed polymath and thinker, writes on the issue of justice, one expects great insight into an aspect central to ... Read full review
Review: The Idea Of Justice
User Review - KM - GoodreadsIncredibly readable and lucid. Wonderful to see how it engages with mainstream ethical philosophy in the US while explaining and contrasting it with his own approach. Read full review
Review: The Idea Of Justice
User Review - GoodreadsReadable and well argued, but ultimately just a little disappointing because it seems to me that his core criteria don't really help us to make hard choices on moral issues. If most people agree that ...
Review: The Idea Of Justice
User Review - Randal Samstag - GoodreadsAmartya Sen's 2009 book, The Idea of Justice, will, I think, come to be seen as summing up the intellectual legacy of this remarkable man. The book references hundreds of books, papers, and talks by ... Read full review
Review: The Idea Of Justice
User Review - Rusty - GoodreadsI had recently read Michael Sandel's "Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do" and thought this would be a good follow-up. While Sandel wrote to a general public without dumbing down his content, Sen's ... Read full review
Review: The Idea Of Justice
User Review - Avin - Goodreadsdeeply insightful & thought provoking.. my idea of social justice & political science changed a hell lot after reading this masterpiece :-) Read full review
Review: The Idea Of Justice
User Review - Brian - GoodreadsAmartya Sen has written a brilliant, thought provoking masterpiece on ethics that crystallizes the great questions of our times. I've long been influenced by John Rawls's [i]Theory of Justice[/i], yet ... Read full review
Review: The Idea Of Justice
User Review - Eric - GoodreadsNot as dry as it could have been but still a bit tough to get through. Worth the effort though. Read full review
Review: The Idea Of Justice
User Review - Jamie - GoodreadsMore of an intellectual joust steeped in theoretical conceptions, than a pragmatic exploration of what justice represents for the world today. This book is a great account of past theories of justice ... Read full review
Review: The Idea Of Justice
User Review - Anibal - GoodreadsA well grounded account of justice based on people´s capabilities and broad values such as happiness. Read full review
