Approximate Justice: Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy

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In this engaging and provocative book, Sher explores the normative moral and social problems that arise from living in a decidedly non-ideal world-a world that contains immorality, evil, and injustice, and in which resources (including knowledge) are often inadequate. Sher confronts difficult issues surrounding preferential treatment and equal opportunity, compensatory justice and punishment, the allocation of goods, and moral compromise.

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These essays provide a stimulating exploration of one line of enquiry, and a fine exemplar for applied philosophy from any perspective. -- Ian Chowcat, Open University, UK * Philosophy in Review *

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George Sher is professor of philosophy at Rice University. He is the author of Beyond Neutrality: Perfectionism and Politics (Cambridge, 1997) and Desert (Princeton, 1989), and the coeditor of Moral Philosophy: Selected Readings and Reason at Work: Introductory Readings in Philosophy (both from Harcourt Brace Jovanovich).