Since classical Greece the term justice has been used to denote those characteristics of institutions that warrant the loyalty and support of peoples affected by them. Thus, if a government is found to be just, its citizens are said to be under obligation to obey its lawful commands. That traditional usage is viable only for homogeneous cultures that support a univocal notion of justice. Where that condition fails, as it does in the diversity which typifies most democracies at the end of the third millennium of the common era, the roles of justice become problematic. The essays in this volume explore many of the different aspects of the changing role of justice in today's multicultural context.
| ISBN: | 9780820428024 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 1996 |
| Author: | J Ralph Lindgren |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Series: | Critic of Institutions |
| Genres: |
Social and political philosophy Political ideologies and movements Jurisprudence and general issues |
Since classical Greece the term justice has been used to denote those characteristics of institutions that warrant the loyalty and support of peoples affected by them. Thus, if a government is found to be just, its citizens are said to be under obligation to obey its lawful commands. That traditional usage is viable only for homogeneous cultures that support a univocal notion of justice. Where that condition fails, as it does in the diversity which typifies most democracies at the end of the third millennium of the common era, the roles of justice become problematic. The essays in this volume explore many of the different aspects of the changing role of justice in today's multicultural context.
Horizons of Justice features in the following genres: Social and political philosophy, Political ideologies and movements, Jurisprudence and general issues
Horizons of Justice is available in Hardback
Horizons of Justice was written by J Ralph Lindgren and published by P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
Horizons of Justice has 232 pages
Yes it is part of Critic of Institutions series