02110nam a22003138a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002300224082001700247100002800264245010000292264005200392300005900444336002600503337002600529338003600555500007300591520101400664650001201678776003501690856007101725CR9781139236898UkCbUP20180107143413.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||120206s2013||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139236898 (ebook)  z9781107028791 (hardback)  z9781107613751 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aJA71 b.M4565 201300a320.01/12231 aMiller, David,eauthor.10aJustice for Earthlings :bEssays in Political Philosophy / [electronic resource]cDavid Miller. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource (260 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aIn the past few decades social changes have impacted how we understand justice, as societies become both more multicultural and more interconnected globally. Much philosophical thought, however, seems to proceed in isolation from these developments. While philosophers from Plato onwards have portrayed justice as an abstract, universal ideal, Miller argues that principles of justice are always rooted in particular social contexts, and connects these ideas to the changing conditions of human life. In this important contribution to political philosophy, it is argued that philosophers need to pay more attention to the way that people actually think about what's fair, and only defend principles that are feasible to apply in the real world. To understand equality of opportunity, for example, we must explore the cultural constraints that people face when presented with life choices. Justice for Earthlings also explains how national boundaries make justice at global level different from social justice. 0aJustice08iPrint version: z978110702879140uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236898zCambridge Books Online