Author(s)

Jan-Erik Lane

Public Policy Institute, Belgrade, Serbia.

A book so overall critical as The Idea of Justice by A. Sen requires a Popper inspired examination. The results are that his rejection of Rawls is flawed and that he entirely lacks meta-ethics. The continental Weberian approach to normative enquiry has been severely neglected by many scholars in the Anglo-Saxon tradition, trying in vain to identify the true nature of justice. Instead of searching for a Platonic idea of justice, one should examine today’s conflicts over justice looking to the ultimate values of people.

Sen, Barry, Rawls, Dworkin, Weber, Ethics—Meta-Ethics

Lane, J. (2017) IDEAS OF JUSTICE: Relevance of Weber’s Approach. Open Journal of Philosophy, 7, 221-230. doi: 10.4236/ojpp.2017.73013.