《RETHINKING JUSTICE RESTORING OUR HUMANITY》

Introduction1

1 The Concept of Justice: Some Recent Perspectives9

“Facing” our humanity: contextualizing justice and injustice9

Classical conceptions of justice14

Justice, power, and rights19

Obligations and reciprocity22

2 Justice: Human Dignity and Equality29

The idea of justice beyond fairness30

Seeing the other with equal respect through the injustice of colonialism33

3 Justice: Mercy and the Cultivation of Humanity45

Mercy and “the equity tradition”45

Mercy and forgiveness in practice: the South African case50

4 Justice Across Boundaries Ⅰ: The Moral and Literary Imagination67

Sympathetic understanding67

The moral imagination69

The literary imagination74

5 Justice Across Boundaries Ⅱ: Human Development and Obligation81

Poverty and social justice83

Capabilities and development86

Obligations88

6 Restorative Justice and Democratic Deliberation95

Restorative justice96

Deliberative democracy and justice105

7 Justice and Spirituality: A Testament to Our Humanity117

Spirituality's link with justice117

Justice and “the absolute horizon of being”120

Spirituality and justice in Simone Weil124

Epilogue131

Selected Bibliography135

Index141

About the Author145