Approximate justice : studies in non-ideal theory / George Sher.
1997
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Author
Title
Approximate justice : studies in non-ideal theory / George Sher.
Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [1997]
Copyright
©1997
Call Number
HV7419 .S54 1997
ISBN
0847687538 (cloth : alk. paper)
0847687546 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0847687546 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xiv, 185 pages ; 23 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)37226883
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1
1
Ancient Wrongs and Modern Rights
15
2
Compensation and Transworld Personal Identity
29
3
Justifying Reverse Discrimination in Employment
45
4
Groups and Justice
55
5
Effort, Ability, and Personal Desert
65
6
Preferential Treatment, the Future, and the Past
79
7
Right Violations and Injustices: Can We Always Avoid Trade-Offs?
97
8
Our Preferences, Ourselves
111
9
Predicting Performance
127
10
What Makes a Lottery Fair?
143
11
Subsidized Abortion: Moral Rights and Moral Compromise
155
12
Deserved Punishment Revisited
165
Index
181
About the Author
185