Ideas That Matter: Democracy, Justice, Rights
Debra Satz and Annabelle Lever
Abstract
In this book, leading philosophers take up three ideas that are prominent in the work of Joshua Cohen. The first idea relates to reinvigorating democracy—improving collective decision-making by free and equal citizens. The second idea found in this volume relates to confronting injustice. What reason do those who have been systematically excluded from democracy’s promise have to obey the law or work together with others who have turned a blind eye on their situation? The third idea might be understood loosely in terms of political principles in an interdependent world. Where traditionally, the ... More
In this book, leading philosophers take up three ideas that are prominent in the work of Joshua Cohen. The first idea relates to reinvigorating democracy—improving collective decision-making by free and equal citizens. The second idea found in this volume relates to confronting injustice. What reason do those who have been systematically excluded from democracy’s promise have to obey the law or work together with others who have turned a blind eye on their situation? The third idea might be understood loosely in terms of political principles in an interdependent world. Where traditionally, theories of justice took the nation or the state to set the scope of principles of distributive justice, the rise of new institutions has put pressure on that bounded conception. This collection includes work by Martha Nussbaum, Charles Sabel, Stuart White, Archon Fung, and Chris Lebron, among others.
Keywords:
Democracy,
justice,
rights,
equality,
affirmative action,
global justice,
freedom of expression,
participation,
sexual harassment,
sovereignty
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2019 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780190904951 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: August 2019 |
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190904951.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Debra Satz, editor
Vernon R. & Lysbeth Warren Anderson Dean of the School of Humanities & Sciences, Stanford University
Annabelle Lever, editor
Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po, Paris
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