| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The diagnostics of injustice -- Against the received view -- The received view and its rivals -- Systematic injustice and the scale of wrong-doing -- How injustices harm you -- The decline of national patriarchy and the rise of global male supremacy -- The global racial order : partitioned white primacy -- Global poverty's harm : entanglement in crises -- Solidarity, universal unfreedom, and you |
| Summary |
Who is made unfree by systematic injustices, like poverty, patriarchy, or race? Many think the answer is, "The victims." Who has duties to challenge these injustices? Many say, "The privileged." To both, this book offers a different answer: "Everyone." Everyone is made unfree by such injustices: victims, bystanders, and perpetrators alike. For such injustices try to suppress everyone's resistance to their workings, and that suppression counts as arbitrary power. Moreover, everyone has a duty to themselves to be free. Examining three major global injustices--gender, race, and poverty |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2019) |
| Subject |
Justice (Philosophy)
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Social justice.
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Political ethics.
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Solidarity.
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Justice (Philosophy)
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Political ethics
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Social justice
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Solidarity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190051693 |
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0190051698 |
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9780190051716 |
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019005171X |
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