Abstract
The Idea of Justice (TIJ) by Amartya Sen appears as a proposal both to understand and defend global justice far from theories of justice supported on social contracts and transcendental institutional notions. The book can be regarded as a systematic attempt to show us how pertinent traditional social choice theory (from Condorcet to Arrow) can be in order to develop a strong notion of justice that does not require neither a monolithic perspective nor a single institutional formulation. A. Sen propounds us to take care of patent injustices though we do not have a theory of justice, and even if we do not share central elements to this theory of justice. It is a real challenge for standard position in moral philosophy.
Highlights
The Idea of Justice (TIJ) by Amartya Sen appears as a proposal both to understand and defend global justice far from theories of justice supported on social contracts and transcendental institutional notions
Quizás uno de los aspectos más importantes de esta contribución de Sen es que nos plantea que vale la pena trabajar sobre cosas del tipo ¿qué reformas internacionales es necesario hacer para que el mundo sea un poco menos injusto?, aunque pueda parecerles una pérdida de tiempo a los que están persuadidos de que necesitamos un Estado soberano para poder aplicar los principios de justicia mediante la elección de un conjunto perfecto de instituciones: La teoría de la justicia como se formula en la corriente dominante del institucionalismo trascendental, reduce buena parte de los temas más pertinentes de la justicia a una retórica vacía —aunque sea significativa
La evidente presencia de rasgos que nos llevan a sentir las dificultades de los demás, a sentir como propios la humillación y el dolor de otros, la preocupación por la libertad y nuestras capacidades para discutir, razonar, acordar y discrepar aunque no nos diga mucho sobre qué teoría de la justicia preferir sin embargo apunta a que la búsqueda de la justicia no es fácilmente eliminable de las sociedades humanas aunque se persiga de maneras muy diferentes
Summary
The Idea of Justice (TIJ) by Amartya Sen appears as a proposal both to understand and defend global justice far from theories of justice supported on social contracts and transcendental institutional notions.
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