Metaphysical Elements of Justice

Metaphysical Elements of Justice
Author: Immanuel Kant
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780872204188

A revision of the Library of Liberal Arts edition of 1965. This volume offers the complete text of Kant's Metaphysics of Morals, Part I, translated by John Ladd, along with Ladd's illuminating Introduction to the first edition, expanded to include discussion of such issues as Kant's conception of marriage and its relevance to his view of women. An updated bibliography, glossary, and index are also provided.

The Elements of Justice

The Elements of Justice
Author: David Schmidtz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2006-01-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139452037

What is justice? Questions of justice are questions about what people are due. However, what that means in practice depends on the context in which the question is raised. Depending on context, the formal question of what people are due is answered by principles of desert, reciprocity, equality, or need. Justice, therefore, is a constellation of elements that exhibit a degree of integration and unity. Nonetheless, the integrity of justice is limited, in a way that is akin to the integrity of a neighborhood rather than that of a building. A theory of justice offers individuals a map of that neighborhood, within which they can explore just what elements amount to justice.