Self-Seeking and the Pursuit of Justice

by David P. Levine

First published in 1997, this volume delves into the most influential theories of economic justice, which ground themselves in utilitarian or related contractarian ideas about the self. These ideas take self-interest to be transparent and unproblematic. Favoured assumptions about the self also make scarcity the primary reality with which economic justice must deal. Much is lost in consideration of the justness of economic arrangements when we take...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138342815
• ISBN13: 9781138342811
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"