Conversations on Justice from National, International, and Global Perspectives Dialogues with Leading Thinkers
Book contents
- Conversations on Justice from National, International, and Global Perspectives
- Conversations on Justice from National, International, and Global Perspectives
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Global Knowledge/Global Thought
- Part II From Thinking Globally to Global Ethics
- 5 Extent and Limits of Global Justice
- 6 Minority Rights, Secularism, and Justice
- 7 Decent Society, Memory, and Compromise
- 8 Global Ethics and Global Justice
- Part III International Law and Global Justice
- Part IV World Order and Global Policy
- Part V Concluding Thoughts
- Intellectual Profiles of the Contributors
- Index
7 - Decent Society, Memory, and Compromise
from Part II - From Thinking Globally to Global Ethics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 December 2018
Book contents
- Conversations on Justice from National, International, and Global Perspectives
- Conversations on Justice from National, International, and Global Perspectives
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Global Knowledge/Global Thought
- Part II From Thinking Globally to Global Ethics
- 5 Extent and Limits of Global Justice
- 6 Minority Rights, Secularism, and Justice
- 7 Decent Society, Memory, and Compromise
- 8 Global Ethics and Global Justice
- Part III International Law and Global Justice
- Part IV World Order and Global Policy
- Part V Concluding Thoughts
- Intellectual Profiles of the Contributors
- Index
Summary
Avishai Margalit argues in his chapter that it is more urgent and more important to prevent injustice than to promote justice. From his point of view, refraining from evil takes precedence over pursuing the good. As a way to illustrate this approach of questions of justice, both at the national and international levels, Margalit gives a number of examples taken from history.
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- Conversations on Justice from National, International, and Global PerspectivesDialogues with Leading Thinkers, pp. 146 - 166Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019