Justice
Political, Social, Juridical
- Rajeev Bhargava - Honorary Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India
- Michael Dusche - Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal University, India
- Helmut Reifeld - Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin
This volume attempts to express the opinions of people whose voices were not very prominent in theoretical debates on justice and its practical implications. Their perspectives on justice are contrasted with mainstream conceptions of justice, whose problematic representativeness for India today is thereby interpreted. Both abstract universalism and relativism lack a common point of reference to assess relevance and adequacy of a given conception of justice. Neither unaffected universalism nor relativism defined by traditional norms turns is sustainable. The contributors offer a concept of 'internal universalism' as an alternative to unaffected universalism.
Combining various forms and stages of 'reflective equilibrium' as conceived by John Rawls, this framework provides us with the necessary reference point to assess the adequacy as proposed in this book and engage in a comprehensive dialogue on questions of justice.
A book of this kind is bound to make its presence felt because it generates ‘empathy’ which, …enables us to subvert the ‘hegemonic normative discourse’. And that is the beginning of a new praxis.
[This book]… attempts to express the opinions of people whose voices were not very prominent in theoretical debates on justice and its practical implications. Their perspectives on justice are contrasted with mainstream conceptions of justice, whose representativeness for India today is thereby challenged.