Amartya Sen-Justice Means versus Freedoms

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1、PrincetonUniversityPressJustice:MeansversusFreedomsAuthor(s):AmartyaSenReviewedwork(s):Source:Philosophy&PublicAffairs,Vol.19,No.2(Spring,1990),pp.111-121Publishedby:BlackwellPublishingStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2265406.Accessed:26/12/201101:05YouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyou

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4、msThisarticleisconcernedwiththeinformationalbasisofjustice.Thein-formationalbasisofajudgmentidentifiestheinformationonwhichthejudgmentisdirectlydependentand-nolessimportant-assertsthatthetruthorfalsehoodofanyothertypeofinformationcannotdirectlyinflu-encethecorrectnessofthejudgment.'Theinfor

5、mationalbasisofjudg-mentsofjusticethusdeterminesthefactualterritoryoverwhichconsid-erationsofjusticewoulddirectlyapply.(Theimplicationsonothermatterswouldbederivative.)TheanalysispresentedherederivesagoodpartofitsmotivationandstructurefromRawlsiantheoryofjusticeasfairness.2However,IargueThi

6、sisapartofalongerpaper("TheTerritoryofJustice")whichformedthetextofmyMarionO'KellieMcKayLecturegivenattheUniversityofPittsburghonSeptemberI6,I988.MygreatestdebtistoJohnRawlsforhisenormouslyhelpfulcomments(eventhoughIamcriticalofhistheoryofjusticeinthisarticle).Ihavealsoprofitedagooddealfrom

7、thesuggestionsofG.A.Cohen,RonaldDworkin,DerekParfit,ThomasScanlon,andKevinSontheimer.i.Thediverseformsandvaryingrolesoftheinformationalbasisofnormativejudgmentshavebeendiscussedinmy"InformationalBasesofAlternativeWelfareApproaches:Aggre-gationandIncomeDi