Principles of Social Justice
- ISBN-10
- 067400714X
- ISBN-13
- 9780674007147
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 337
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-09-30
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- David Miller
Description
The meaning of social justice remains obscure, and existing theories put forward by political philosophers to explain it have failed to capture the way people think about issues of social justice. This text develops a new theory.
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