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The provided passages do not detail specific evidence used by the author. Instead, they describe the author's arguments and approach to the concept of justice. The author argues that a theory of comparative justice, which assesses movements towards or away from justice, is more urgently needed than a theory of an ideally just state [1]. The author also emphasizes the role of public reason in making societies less unjust and suggests that a theory of justice should accommodate divergent viewpoints rather than reducing them [2]. The author's concern extends to avoiding parochialism and addressing global injustice [2].
The passages highlight the author's arguments and the nature of his proposed theory of justice, but they do not present any empirical evidence, case studies, historical examples, or statistical data that the author might employ to support his claims.
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rn world must avoid parochialism, and further, address questions of global injustice. The breadth of vision, intellectual acuity and striking humanity of one of the world's leading public intellectuals have never been more clearly shown than in this remarkable book. --- Google Books --- Title: The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen Description: The most important contribution to the subject since John Rawls' A Theory of Justice. Sen argues that what we urgently need in our troubled world is not a theory of an ideally just state, but a theory that can yield judgments as to comparative justice,…
Title: The idea of justice by Amartya Sen Description: Is justice an ideal, forever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives?In this wide-ranging book, Amartya Sen presents an alternative approach to mainstream theories of justice which, despite their many specific achievements have taken us, he argues, in the wrong direction in general.At the heart of Sen's argument is his insistence on the role of public reason in establishing what can make societies less unjust. But it is in the nature of reasoning about justice, argues Sen, that…