Justice for Earthlings

David Miller explores what justice means for real people and challenges philosophical theories that ignore the facts of human life.

"In the past few decades social changes have impacted how we understand justice, as societies become both more multicultural and more interconnected globally. Much philosophical thought, however, seems to proceed in isolation from these developments. While philosophers from Plato onwards have portrayed justice as an abstract, universal ideal, Miller argues that principles of justice are always rooted in particular social contexts, and connects these ideas to the changing conditions of human life. In thisimportant contribution to political philosophy, it is argued that philosophers need to pay more attention to the way that people actually think about what's fair, and only defend principles that are feasible to apply in the real world. To understand equality of opportunity, for example, we must explore the cultural constraints that people face when presented with life choices. Justice for Earthlings also explains how national boundaries make justice at global level different from social justice"--

Autorentext
David Miller, estadounidense de origen, ha vivido en Bolivia desde 1981, sirviendo a los pueblos indígenas de los Andes como evangelista itinerante y maestro de la Biblia. También es periodista, trabajando como corresponsal de agencias de noticias con enfoque en derechos humanos, la libertad religiosa y la persecución de cristianos. Entre sus otros libros es el más vendido El Señor de Bellavista: La historia dramática de una prisión transformada, y Cántico de Viracocha: El impacto del evangelio en los pueblos andinos de Bolivia. Reside en Cochabamb Bolivia con su esposa Barbara. Los Miller han sido bendecidos con cuatro hijos adultos y cinco nietos excepcionalmente inteligentes.

Zusammenfassung
Written by the UK's leading social justice theorist, these essays enter new territory by exploring what social justice means in multicultural societies, and why global justice is not merely social justice writ large. It contains trenchant attacks on philosophers who treat justice as a Platonic ideal beyond the reach of earthlings.

Inhalt
Introduction; 1. Political philosophy for Earthlings; 2. Two ways to think about justice; 3. Social justice in multicultural societies; 4. Liberalism, equal opportunities and cultural commitments; 5. Equality of opportunity and the family; 6. Justice and boundaries; 7. Social justice versus global justice?; 8. 'Are they my poor?': The problem of altruism in a world of strangers; 9. Taking up the slack? Responsibility and justice in situations of partial compliance; 10. A tale of two cities, or political philosophy as lamentation.

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