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The Priority of Justice

Elements for a Sociology of Moral Choices

by Michel Forsé (Author) Maxime Parodi (Author)
©2005 Monographs VIII, 258 Pages

Summary

One characteristic of modern society is that individuals no longer share a common or unique conception of good and evil. Social cohesion is maintained by a general agreement to live together which requires impartiality towards everyone and which takes precedence over the different conceptions of the good. This is what the authors call the priority of justice. This book highlights this priority and provides a new approach to moral choices in modern societies.
The book focuses on two objectives. Firstly, it examines how and why modern individuals give priority to the right over the good. Opinion polls are the basis of this examination, through the model of a ‘fair spectator’ giving priority to the reasonable over the rational. Secondly, it analyses what constitutes the principle of justice an individual applies. This book is about resolving conflicts and social justice. It takes account of the plurality of moral values and looks at norms from a fair standpoint, avoiding the famous ‘anything goes’ and paying attention to what people think.

Details

Pages
VIII, 258
Publication Year
2005
ISBN (Softcover)
9783039106585
Language
English
Keywords
Rational Choice Gerechtigkeit fair spectator unanimous agreement logic of justice reasonable choice Rechtssoziologie unsatisfactory procedure
Published
Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2005. VIII, 258 pp., 1 fig., 17 tables

Biographical notes

Michel Forsé (Author) Maxime Parodi (Author)

The Authors: Michel Forsé is a Senior Research Fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He has published several books on sociology. Maxime Parodi is a sociologist and an Associate Research Fellow at the French National Foundation for Political Sciences (OFCE).

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