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
About the Author
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.
