Theories of Justice

What is social justice? In Theories of Justice Brian Barry provides a systematic and detailed analysis of two kinds of answers. One is that justice arises from a sense of the advantage to everyone of having constraints on the pursuit of self-interest. The other answer connects the idea of justice with that of impartiality. Though the first book of a trilogy, Theories of Justice stands alone and constitutes a major contribution to the debate about social justice that began in 1971 with Rawls's A Theory of Justice.

Brian Barry is Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and author of Political Argument, among other titles.

Preface 
PART I DON'T SHOOT THE TRUMPETER!
PROBLEMS OF fAIR DIVISION 
CHAPTER 1. THE CASE OF THE NOXIOUS NEIGHBORS 
1. Two Theories of]ustice
2. Bargaining and Arbitration
3. Two Lectures
4. Braithwaite versus Nash
5. Bargaining and Equal Utility Gain

CHAPTER 2. WHAT IS A FAIR SOLUTION? 
6. Fair Division of the Cooperative Surplus 
7. Alternative Baselines 
8. What's Wrong with Threat Advantage? 
9. Baseline-Independence 
10. A Resourcist Solution 
CHAPTER 3. FAIR DIVISION FROM A WIDER PERSPECTIVE 
11. Introduction 
12. The Elusiveness of Utility 
13. Implications 
14. Social Rules and Fair Division
15. Smoking and Contemporary Mores
16. Conclusion to Part I

PART II HUME AND RAWLS ON JUSTICE IN SOCIETY
CHAPTER 4. HUME ON jUSTICE 
17. Introduction 
18. The Circumstances ofJustice 
19. Justice and Impartiality 
20. Implications of the Two Theories for the Rules of Justice
21. Hume's Legacy as a Problem of Fair Division 
CHAPTER 5. RAWLS ON jUSTICE (1): INTERNATIONAL
AND INTERGENERATIONALjUSTICE 
22. The Circumstances of Justice 
23. International Justice 
24. Intergenerational Justice 
25. Why Not Noah's Ark? 
CHAPTER 6. RAWLS ON jUSTICE (2): THE DIFFERENCE
PRINCIPLE 
26. Introduction 
27. From Equal Opportunity to Equality 
28. From Equality to the Difference Principle 
29. Why a Cooperative Venture? 
30. Why Mutual Advantage? 

PART III JUSTICE AS MUTUAL ADVANTAGE VERSUS
JUSTICE AS IMPARTIALITY 
CHAPTER 7. SOME QUESTIONS OF METHOD
31. Introduction
32. Intuitionism
33. Constructivism
34. Is Constructivism a Form of Intuitionism?
35. Justice as Impartiality
CHAPTER 8. CONSTRUCTING THEORIES oF JUSTICE (1): Two-STAGE THEORIES 
36. Introduction 
37. Two-Stage Foundations of Social Institutions 
38. Fair Division and Social Justice 
CHAPTER 9. CONSTRUCTING THEORIES OF JUSTICE (2): ORIGINAL POSITION THEORIES 
39. Introduction 
40. Justice as Fairness 
41. Constructing an Original Position 
42. Original Positions without Self-Interest 
CHAPTER 10. CONCLUSION 
43. The Subject of Social Justice 
44. Justice and Motivation 
45. The Content of Justice 
46. Envoi 
Appendix A Braithwaite's Solution and Rationale 
Appendix B Splitting the Difference as a Bargaining Solution 
Appendix C Economic Motivation in a Rawlsian Society 
Notes 
Index