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Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality
AuthorMichael Walzer
LanguageEnglish
GenrePhilosophy
Published1983 (Basic Books)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
ISBN0-465-08189-4

Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality is a 1983 book by Michael Walzer.

Outline

Walzer argues in favour of an idea he calls "complex equality", and against the view that goods with different meaning and content can be lumped together into the larger category of primary goods, as is advocated by John Rawls, in his A Theory of Justice (1971).

Scholarly reception

Spheres of Justice has, together with Just and Unjust Wars (1977) and Interpretation and Social Criticism (1987), been identified as one of Walzer's most important works by philosopher Will Kymlicka.[1]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Kymlicka 2005, p. 952.

Bibliography

Books
  • Kymlicka, Will (2005). Honderich, Ted (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-926479-1.