IDEAS OF JUSTICE: Relevance of Weber’s Approach

¹ Public Policy Institute, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

A book so overall critical as The Idea of Justice by A. Sen requires a Popper inspired examination. The results are that his rejection of Rawls is flawed and that he entirely lacks meta-ethics. The continental Weberian approach to normative enquiry has been severely neglected by many scholars in the Anglo-Saxon tradition, trying in vain to identify the true nature of justice. Instead of searching for a Platonic idea of justice, one should examine today’s conflicts over justice looking to the ultimate values of people.

KeywordsSenBarryRawlsDworkinWeberEthics—Meta-Ethics

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IDEAS OF JUSTICE: Relevance of Weber’s Approach

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