Political Justice: Foundations for a Critical Philosophy of Law and the State by

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* The author is one of foremost political philosophers in Europe. * This book brilliantly confronts the theory of justice in a new and challenging way. * The author is one of foremost political philosophers in Europe. * This book brilliantly confronts the theory of justice in a new and challenging way.

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Otfried Höffe is one of the foremost political philosophers in Europe today. In this major work, already a classic in continental Europe, he re-examines philosophical discourse on justice - from Classical Greece to the present day. Höffe confronts what he sees as the two major challenges to any theory of justice: the legal, positivist claim that there are no standards of justice external to legal systems; and the anarchist claim that justice demands the rejection and abolition of all legal and state systems.Höffe sets out to continue the 'philosophical project of modernity', the legitimation of human rights, and their guarantee by the state, while at the same time rehabilitating the classical theory of political justice represented by Plato and Aristotle. He questions the success of the positivists in avoiding extra-legal normative claims, and casts doubt on the plausibility of their criticism of the Natural Law tradition. Most anarchists, he argues, rely on an uncritical assumption that social institutions other than states and legal orders do not coerce.In Höffe's view, some coercion is unavoidable, and the grounds for its justification must be examined. Principles of justice will be those principles which define fundamental rights, and which must be enforced if rights are to be respected.

Author Biography

Otfried Höffe is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tubingen.

Table of Contents

Translator's Preface. Author's Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: A Re-Assessment of the Discussion of Justice. Part I: The Standpoint of Political Justice. . 2. The Idea of Political Justice. 3. The Perspective of Justice. 4. Political Justice or Natural Law?. 5. The Myth of Legal Positivism?. 6. Critique of Positivist Concepts of Law. Part II: Freedom From Herrschaft or Just Herrschaft? . 7. The Utopia of Freedom from Herrschaft. 8. Greed and the Birth of Herrschaft (Plato). 9. The Political Nature of Mankind (Aristotle). 10. Elementary Conflicts: A Thought Experiment. 11. Freedom in Social Institutions. Part III: Political Justice as the Principle of a Free Society. 12. Natural Justice. 13. Practical Deficiences of Natural Justice. 14. The Just State. 15. Strategies of Political Justice. Bibliography. Index.

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* The author is one of foremost political philosophers in Europe. * This book brilliantly confronts the theory of justice in a new and challenging way.* The author is one of foremost political philosophers in Europe. * This book brilliantly confronts the theory of justice in a new and challenging way.

Details ISBN0745634826 ISBN-10 0745634826 ISBN-13 9780745634821 Format Paperback Imprint Polity Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title POLITICAL JUSTICE Language English Media Book Subtitle Foundations for a Critical Philosophy of Law and the State DEWEY 320.011 Illustrations black & white illustrations Edition 1st Pages 368 Year 2010 Publication Date 2010-08-06 UK Release Date 2010-08-06 AU Release Date 2010-08-06 NZ Release Date 2010-08-06 Author Otfried Höffe Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd Alternative 9780745608877 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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