Book description
Grafting the Marxian idea that private property is coercive onto the
liberal imperative of individual liberty, this new thesis from one of
America's foremost intellectuals conceives a revised definition of
justice that recognizes the harm inflicted by capitalism's hidden
coercive structures.
- Maps a new frontier in moral philosophy and political theory
- Distills a new concept of justice that recognizes the iniquities
of capitalism
- Synthesis of elements of Marxism and Liberalism will interest
readers in both camps
- Direct and jargon-free style opens these complex ideas to a wide readership
Jeffrey Reiman is the William Fraser McDowell Professor of
Philosophy at American University in Washington, DC. A central figure
in numerous political and philosophical debates in America, including
those on abortion and criminal justice, he is the author of In
Defense of Political Philosophy (1972), Justice and Modern
Moral Philosophy (1990), Critical Moral Liberalism: Theory
and Practice (1997), The Death Penalty: For and Against
(with Louis Pojman, 1998), Abortion and the Ways We Value Human
Life (1999), The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison:
Ideology, Class, and Criminal Justice, 10th edn. (with Paul
Leighton, forthcoming), and more than a hundred articles on philosophy
and criminal justice.
