Christian Justice and Public Policy

Christian Justice and Public Policy
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 0521556112
ISBN-13 : 9780521556118
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Book Synopsis Christian Justice and Public Policy by : Duncan B. Forrester

Download or read book Christian Justice and Public Policy written by Duncan B. Forrester and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-08-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disagreements about justice are not simply academic matters. They create problems for practice and for policy-making. In a morally fragmented society in which 'nobody knows what justice is' issues such as wages policy, punishment and poverty become particularly difficult to handle. People striving to act justly are often uncertain how this might be done. Secular theories such as those of Rowls, Hayek, Habermas and modern feminist theorists, examined here, give some guidance for problems of justice that arise on the ground, but have serious limitations. This book argues that Christian theology, although it can no longer claim to provide a comprehensive theory of justice, can provide insights into justice - 'theological fragments' - which give illumination, challenge some aspects of the conventional wisdom, and contribute to the building of just communities in which people may flourish in mutuality and hope.


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Goverment is not reason, it is not eloquence. It is force. Like it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. George Washington