Current Societal Concerns about Justice

What role does justice play in the formation of public opinion and the scholarly debates about social problems? Does the perception of injustice force problems to appear on the political agenda? Does the perception of an injustice give momentum to social change? Or are violations of self-interest or...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Montada, Leo (Editor), Lerner, Melvin J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1996, 1996
Edition:1st ed. 1996
Series:Critical Issues in Social Justice
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Doing Justice to the Justice Motive
  • 2 Distributive Justice in a Real World
  • 3 The Power of the Myth of Self-Interest
  • 4 Empathy, Altruism, and Justice: Another Perspective on Partiality
  • 5 Intergenerational Relations, Inequality, and Social Justice
  • 6 Have Feminists Abandoned Social Activism? Voices from the Academy
  • 7 From Is to Ought and the Kitchen Sink: On the Justice of Distributions in Close Relationships
  • 8 Justice and Leadership: A Social Co-Constructionist Agenda
  • 9 Victims without Harmdoers: Human Casualties in the Pursuit of Corporate Efficiency
  • 10 Mass Unemployment under Perspectives of Justice
  • 11 What Is Fair in the Environmental Debate?
  • 12 Is Justice Finite? The Case of Environmental Inclusion
  • 13 Are Proenvironmental Commitments Motivated by Health Concerns or by Perceived Justice?
  • 14 Trade-offs between Justice and Self-Interest
  • Name Index