Social Justice in Practice: Questions in Ethics and Political Philosophy (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 14)

In this book the practical dimension of social justice is explained using the analysis and discussion of a variety of well-known topics. These include: the relation between theory and practice in normative political philosophy; the issue of justice under uncertainty; the question of whether we can and should unmask social injustices by means of conspiracy theories; the issues of privacy and the right to privacy; the issue of how certain psychological states may affect our moral obligations, in particular the obligation to treat others fairly; and finally the concepts of morality, fairness, and self-deception. The primary goal of the book is to provide readers with an updated discussion of some important and practical social justice issues. These issues are presented from a new perspective, based on the author ́s research. It is hoped that bringing these topics together in a single book will promote the emergence of new insights and challenges for future research. Juha Räikkä is a professor at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Turku, Finland. His research focuses on ethics and political philosophy. In this book the practical dimension of social justice is explained using the analysis and discussion of a variety of well-known topics. These include: the relation between theory and practice in normative political philosophy; the issue of justice under uncertainty; the question of whether we can and should unmask social injustices by means of conspiracy theories; the issues of privacy and the right to privacy; the issue of how certain psychological states may affect our moral obligations, in particular the obligation to treat others fairly; and finally the concepts of morality, fairness, and self-deception. The primary goal of the book is to provide readers with an updated discussion of some important and practical social justice issues. These issues are presented from a new perspective, based on the authorś research. It is hoped that bringing these topics together in a single book will promote the emergence of new insights and challenges for future research. Juha Räikkä is a professor at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Turku, Finland. His research focuses on ethics and political philosophy In this book the practical dimension of social justice is explained using the analysis and discussion of a variety of well-known topics. These include: the relation between theory and practice in normative political philosophy; the issue of justice under uncertainty; the question of whether we can and should unmask social injustices by means of conspiracy theories; the issues of privacy and the right to privacy; the issue of how certain psychological states may affect our moral obligations, in particular the obligation to treat others fairly; and finally the concepts of morality, fairness, and self-deception. The primary goal of the book is to provide readers with an updated discussion of some important and practical social justice issues. These issues are presented from a new perspective, based on the authorþs research. It is hoped that bringing these topics together in a single book will promote the emergence of new insights and challenges for future research Front Matter....Pages 1-15 Social Justice in Practice....Pages 1-16 The Dilemma of Conservative Justice....Pages 17-32 How to Find the Second-Best Option?....Pages 33-48 Presumptions and Obligations....Pages 49-59 On the Epistemic Acceptability of Conspiracy Theories....Pages 61-75 On the Ethical Acceptability of Conspiracy Theories....Pages 77-86 Privacy and Relativism....Pages 87-98 Unrevealed Information and Social Relations....Pages 99-110 The Ethics of Alien Beliefs....Pages 111-128 Fairness and Forgiveness....Pages 129-136 Adaptive Preferences and Self-Deception....Pages 137-154 Self-Deception and Religious Beliefs....Pages 155-167