{"title":"Judith N. Shklar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJudith N. Shklar\u003c\/strong\u003e offers profound insights into the nature of justice, ethics, and political philosophy. Her works explore the complexities of human behaviour and moral judgement, often challenging traditional assumptions with clarity and rigor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will find a thoughtful examination of concepts such as injustice and vice, presented with intellectual depth that appeals to both scholars and general readers interested in philosophy and social thought. Her writings invite reflection on the foundations of political communities and the ethical dilemmas they face.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"after-utopia-by-judith-n-shklar-9780691200859","title":"After Utopia","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA political philosophy classic from one of the foremost political thinkers of the twentieth century, \u003cem\u003eAfter Utopia\u003c\/em\u003e was Judith Shklar's first book, a harbinger of her renowned career in political philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the many changes in political thought during the last half century, this important work has withstood the test of time. In \u003cem\u003eAfter Utopia\u003c\/em\u003e, Shklar explores the decline of political philosophy, from Enlightenment optimism to modern cultural despair, and she offers a critical, creative analysis of this downward trend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe looks at Romantic and Christian social thought and shows that while the present political fatalism may be unavoidable, the prophets of despair have failed to explain the world they so dislike, leaving the possibility of a new and vigorous political philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Samuel Moyn, examining \u003cem\u003eAfter Utopia\u003c\/em\u003e's continued relevance, this current edition introduces a remarkable synthesis of ideas to a new generation of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46768400990444,"sku":"9780691200859","price":94.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1995733482434.jpg?v=1756377039"},{"product_id":"the-faces-of-injustice-by-judith-n-shklar-9780300056709","title":"The Faces of Injustice","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow can we distinguish between injustice and misfortune? What can we learn from the victims of calamity about the sense of injustice they harbour? In this book, a distinguished political theorist ponders these and other questions and formulates a new political and moral theory of injustice that encompasses not only deliberate acts of cruelty or unfairness but also indifference to such acts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJudith N. Shklar draws on the writings of Plato, Augustine, and Montaigne, three sceptics who gave the theory of injustice its main structure and intellectual force, as well as on political theory, history, social psychology, and literature from sources as diverse as Rosseau, Dickens, Hardy, and E. L. Doctorow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShklar argues that we cannot set rigid rules to distinguish instances of misfortune from injustice, as most theories of justice would have us do, for such definitions would not take into account historical variability and differences in perception and interest between the victims and spectators. From the victim's point of view—whether it be one who suffered in an earthquake or as a result of social discrimination—the full definition of injustice must include not only the immediate cause of disaster but also our refusal to prevent and then to mitigate the damage, or what Shklar calls \u003cem\u003epassive injustice\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith this broader definition comes a call for greater responsibility from both citizens and public servants. When we attempt to make political decisions about what to do in specific instances of injustice, says Shklar, we must give the victim's voice its full weight. This is in keeping with the best impulses of democracy and is our only alternative to a complacency that is bound to favour the unjust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461546459372,"sku":"9780300056709","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300056709-the-faces-of-injustice.jpg?v=1774970847"},{"product_id":"ordinary-vices-by-judith-n-shklar-9780674641761","title":"Ordinary Vices","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe seven deadly sins of Christianity represent the abysses of character, whereas Judith Shklar's \u003cem\u003eordinary vices\u003c\/em\u003e—cruelty, hypocrisy, snobbery, betrayal, and misanthropy—are merely treacherous shoals, flawing our characters with mean-spiritedness and inhumanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShklar draws from a brilliant array of writers—Molière and Dickens on hypocrisy, Jane Austen on snobbery, Shakespeare and Montesquieu on misanthropy, Hawthorne and Nietzsche on cruelty, Conrad and Faulkner on betrayal—to reveal the nature and effects of the vices. She examines their destructive effects, the ambiguities of the moral problems they pose to the liberal ethos, and their implications for government and citizens: liberalism is a difficult and challenging doctrine that demands a tolerance of contradiction, complexity, and the risks of freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932356919532,"sku":"9780674641761","price":94.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674641761-ordinary-vices.jpg?v=1783860818"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/judith-n-shklar.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}