SENOVA TEÓRIA SPRAVODLIVOSTI

• Authors: Zuzana Palovičová

Title variants

EN

Sen and his theory of justice

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

Today the discussions about justice develop along two lines going back to Enlightenment. The first one is contractarian while the second one is based on a comparative approach to justice, endorsing the establishment of a society with more justice achieved through getting away with the concrete injustices. The article sheds light on Sen’s argumentation as offered in his Idea of justice. The author suggests that regardless of A. Sen’s innovative approach to justice his theory requires further articulation of questions such as: What is the relevant standard by which to measure the extent of justice: capabilities, or functioning’s? Which capabilities are to be included when evaluating justice? Which distributive rule is to be applied here? What role does the individual responsibility play in evaluating justice?

Keywords

EN

THEORY OF JUSTICE; HUMAN RIGHTS; MORALS; OBLIGATIONS; SEN AMARTYA

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 68
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 265 – 275

Contributors

author

Zuzana Palovičová

• Filozofický ústav SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava 1, Slovak Republic