V. Bufacchi 
Social Injustice 
Essays in Political Philosophy

The idea of social injustice is pivotal to much contemporary moral and political philosophy. Starting from a comprehensive and engaging account of the idea of social injustice, this book covers a whole range of issues, including distributive justice, exploitation, torture, moral motivations, democratic theory, voting behaviour and market socialism.

Table of Content

Preface and Acknowledgements Making Sense of Social Injustice Why Political Philosophy Matters: The Imperative of Social Injustice Studying Social Injustice: The Methodology of Empirical Philosophy The Injustice of Exploitation Torture, Terrorism and the State: A Refutation of the Ticking-Bomb Argument (with Jean Maria Arrigo) The Enlightenment, Contractualism, and the Moral Polity Motivating Justice Justice, Equality, Liberty Sceptical Democracy Political Scepticism: A Reply to the Critics Voting, Rationality and Reputation Deliberative Democracy in Action Socialism in the 21st century: Liberal, Democratic, and Market-Oriented Bibliography Index

About the author

Vittorio Bufacchi teaches Philosophy at University College Cork, Ireland. He is Series Editor of Palgrave Philosophy Today.