The theories of justice developed by Rawls, Sen and Nussbaum are examined in this book, which sets a goal to perform a comparative analysis of these theories and to demonstrate their mutual relationships. All three liberal theories significantly enrich the set of fundamental principles of morality that concerns the sphere of political action. The novelty of the Sen's and Nussbaum's capability approach in comparison with Rawls is that they discuss the problem of social justice on a global scale in their own original way. They do not try to extend and adjust the two principles of justice to the whole mankind nor they treat the difference principle as to be applied everywhere. Instead, they present their own cosmopolitan ways to apply their theories of justice to take into account issues which are neglected or insufficiently developed by Rawls, such as global inequalities, the discrimination of women, the rights of people with disabilities and animal rights. These theories can be described as answer to this crucial objection towards the Rawls' work that this theory of justice does not solve these important global problems.
Justyna Miklaszewska is a Professor of Philosophy and the Head of the Department of the History of Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy at Jagiellonian University.
Foreword: Liberalism, Politics and Morality Part I: The Rawlsian Legacy 1. Liberal Justice 2. Ethics and Political Pragmatism Part II: In the Circle of the Idea of Justice 3. The Idea of Social Justice: From Utopia to Political Practice 4. Rationality and Individual Freedom in the Concepts of John Rawls and Amartya Sen 5. The Idea of Justice and the Problem of Aid: Amartya Sen and Muhammad Yunus 6. The Theory of Social Justice: Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum 7. The Capability Approach 8. Human Dignity, Animal Rights and the Problem of Exclusion in the Philosophy of Martha Nussbaum Part III: Freedom, Justice and the Liberal State 9. Subjectivity, Freedom and Human Action 10. The Liberal Conception of Man 11. The Limits of Individual Freedom in a Democratic State 12. The Libertarian Theory of the State 13. The Social Contract as the Justification for Policy in the Theory of Public Choice 14. The Axiology of Public Choice Part IV: Global Justice in a Democratic World 15. Multiculturalism as a Problem of Contemporary Democracy 16. Liberalism and Democracy in the Age of Globalization 17. Cosmopolitanism and Global Justice 18. Whose Justice? Whither Liberalism? Bibliography
