Justice for Here and Now

This book conveys the breadth and interconnectedness of questions of justice - a rarity in contemporary moral and political philosophy. James P. Sterba argues that a minimal notion of rationality requires morality and that a minimal libertarian morality requires the welfare and equal opportunity endorsee by welfare liberals and the equality endorsed by socialists as well as a full feminist agenda. Feminist racial homosexual and multicultural justice are also shown to be mutually supporting. The author further shows the compatibility between anthropocentric and biocentric environmental ethics as between just war and pacifist theories. Finally he spells out when normal politics legal protest civil disobedience revolutionary action and criminal disobedience are morally permitted by justice for here and now. This highly original and potentially controversial book is ideal for courses in moral and political philosophy applied ethics women''s studies environmental studies and peace studies.