Justice and Democracy: Essays for Brian Barry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
'Justice' and 'democracy' have alternated as dominant themes in political philosophy over the last fifty years. Since its revival in the middle of the twentieth century, political philosophy has focused on first one and then the other of these two themes. Rarely, however, has it succeeded in holding them in joint focus. This volume attempts to remedy this by bringing together leading authors to consider the relationship of democracy and justice. Here the intrinsic justness of democracy is challenged; the re