Social Injustice

1. Front Matter

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2. Making Sense of Social Injustice

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   Pages 1-16

3. Why Political Philosophy Matters: The Imperative of Social Injustice

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   Pages 17-29

4. Studying Social Injustice: The Methodology of Empirical Philosophy

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   Pages 30-44

5. The Injustice of Exploitation

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   Pages 45-57

6. Torture, Terrorism, and the State: A Refutation of the Ticking-Bomb Argument

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   Pages 58-76

7. The Enlightenment, Contractualism, and the Moral Polity

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8. Motivating Justice

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9. Justice, Equality, Liberty

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10. Sceptical Democracy

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11. Political Scepticism: A Reply to the Critics

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12. Voting, Rationality, and Reputation

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    Pages 136-151

13. Deliberative Democracy in Action

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14. Socialism in the 21st Century: Liberal, Democratic, and Market Oriented

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    Pages 161-170

15. Back Matter

    Pages 171-202

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The idea of social injustice is pivotal to much contemporary moral and political philosophy. Starting from a comprehensive and engaging account of the idea of social injustice, this book covers a whole range of issues, including distributive justice, exploitation, torture, moral motivations, democratic theory, voting behaviour and market socialism.

• democracy
• morality
• philosophy
• political philosophy
• socialism
• terrorism

'...a thought-provoking and compelling contribution to political philosophy, one that should be read by scholars of any discipline who are interested in social injustice.' -Siobhan O'Sullivan, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Irish Journal of Public Policy

'This essay offers an excellent example of what philosophical reflection can gain by taking seriously the relevant empirical information.' - Maria Paola Ferretti, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, International Review of Sociology

• University College Cork, Ireland

  Vittorio Bufacchi

Vittorio Bufacchi teaches Philosophy at University College Cork, Ireland. He is Series Editor of Palgrave Philosophy Today.