{"product_id":"dignity-freedom-and-justice-hardcover","title":"Dignity, Freedom and Justice - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eReiko Gotoh\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an open access book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern society is characterized by the fact of contingency, uncertainty, and ambiguity. The purpose of this book is to transform this phenomenal fact into a hopeful norm. As a clue, the book examines the concept of dignity and looks forward to a new definition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo far, the concept of dignity has been peripheral to the concerns of liberal social sciences. This book uses the concept of dignity as a source of light to illuminate the fundamental critique of liberal social sciences and philosophy. Can the theory of justice or discourse ethics truly realize the well-defined society it envisions in a fundamentally contingent, uncertain, and ambiguous situation? Can societies be inclusive of minorities relegated to the periphery with their dignity undermined? Can we resist the temptation to construct huge hierarchical stairs, forcing individuals to place themselves on one of its steps, and thus lining up different and diverse entities in along sequence, and eventually bringing about totalitarianism?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book has a three-level telescopic structure. At the very front, there is a scope of reexaming the political liberalism in the light of dignity. Behind it is a scope of reconstructing a theory of justice in modern society. Further behind it, there is a scope encompassing reflection on the methodology of liberal social sciences and philosophy. We leave it to the reader's imagination as to which scope to read this book through, and what image will emerge from the three scopes taken together. It is our hope that this book helps readers envision as a \"realistic utopia\" a society in which \"no one is left behind,\" including wounded little birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an open access book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern society is characterized by the fact of contingency, uncertainty, and ambiguity. The purpose of this book is to transform this phenomenal fact into a hopeful norm. As a clue, the book examines the concept of dignity and looks forward to a new definition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo far, the concept of dignity has been peripheral to the concerns of liberal social sciences. This book uses the concept of dignity as a source of light to illuminate the fundamental critique of liberal social sciences and philosophy. Can the theory of justice or discourse ethics truly realize the well-defined society it envisions in a fundamentally contingent, uncertain, and ambiguous situation? Can societies be inclusive of minorities relegated to the periphery with their dignity undermined? Can we resist the temptation to construct huge hierarchical stairs, forcing individuals to place themselves on one of its steps, and thus lining up different and diverse entities in a long sequence, and eventually bringing about totalitarianism?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book has a three-level telescopic structure. At the very front, there is a scope of reexaming the political liberalism in the light of dignity. Behind it is a scope of reconstructing a theory of justice in modern society. Further behind it, there is a scope encompassing reflection on the methodology of liberal social sciences and philosophy. We leave it to the reader's imagination as to which scope to read this book through, and what image will emerge from the three scopes taken together. It is our hope that this book helps readers envision as a \"realistic utopia\" a society in which \"no one is left behind,\" including wounded little birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReiko Gotoh is Professor of Philosophy in Economics and Institute for Advance Academic Research at Teikyo University and Professor Emeritus of Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo. She holds a Ph.D. from Hitotsubashi University. Her research field is Philosophy in Economics, Normative Economics, Reconstruction of Welfare States. Her recent English publications are \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics and Economics of the Capability Approach\u003c\/i\u003e, 2021, Springer; \"What the Welfare State Left Behind--Securing the Capability to Move for the Vulnerable--,\"\u003ci\u003e Asian Economic Policy Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 18-1, 2022 (with R. Kambayashi) \"Securing Basic Well-being for All,\" \u003ci\u003eReview of Social Economy\u003c\/i\u003e, 76, 4 (with N. Yoshihara); \u003ci\u003eAgainst Injustice: The New Economics of Amartya Sen\u003c\/i\u003e, Cambridge University Press, 2009 (co-edited), \u003ci\u003eSocial Bonds as Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, Berghahn Books (co-edited). She has several Japanese books including \u003ci\u003eThe Capability Approach, \u003c\/i\u003e Iwanami-shoten. \u003ci\u003eEconomic Philosophy of Well-being\u003c\/i\u003e, Minerva Shobo, \u003ci\u003eEconomic Philosophy of Justice: Rawls and Sen\u003c\/i\u003e, Toyo-keizai Inc., 2002. \u003ci\u003eAmartya Sen: Economics \u0026amp; Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, Jikkyo Shuppan, 2001 (co-authored).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773237231904,"sku":"9789819705184","price":97.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7e8ab2b9ec2bc397662cacbbc665f837_44f61dba-9a2f-4dc5-8a95-0d0cef25d1ab.webp?v=1780422887","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dignity-freedom-and-justice-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}