Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice

Name: Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political Justice
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Political Philosophy, Empathy and Political JusticeAuthor(s): Matt Edge\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138066724, 978-1138066724\nSynopsis\nIn this work, Matt Edge offers an innovative approach to political philosophy. He invites the reader to consider the question of political justice from an empathic perspective - if you were asked to construct a theory of justice acceptable to members of a community you were not yourself a part of, how would you succeed in making your proposal acceptable? What tools would you rely on to construct such a theory, and why? Equally, what would make anyone qualified to write such a theory? \n\nUsing empathy, this remarkable, natural, tool human beings possess for making moral and ethical decisions, and, thereby, placing yourself as someone on the receiving end of the very theory of justice you yourself are constructing, what would you come up with? What set of alterable human st.