Equality, Justice and Rectification - Derek L. Phillips

Title: Equality, Justice and Rectification: An Exploration in Normative Sociology
Author: Derek L. Phillips
Publisher: Academic Press
Format: Hardcover
Edition: 1979 edition
ISBN: 0-12-554350-6
Condition: Second-hand. Good. Blue cloth boards show rubbing, scuffing, bumped corners and edge wear. A previous owner's handwritten name and the notation "Ballarat, Oz, May, 1982" appear on the front free endpaper. No dust jacket is present. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

An interdisciplinary study of economic equality and justice, bringing together sociology, political philosophy and legal thought to examine how competing ideas of equality, inequality and rectification can be given a rational moral basis.

Phillips engages with thinkers including Locke, Hobbes, Hume, Rawls, Nozick and Dworkin, combining empirical social research with philosophical argument to explore distributive justice, property, inequality and the principles that might justify social and political arrangements.

About the Author: Derek L. Phillips is a sociologist whose work has examined social theory, methodology, equality and normative questions within sociology.