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Amartya Sen, in his book The Idea of Justice, was very critical of the explanation that justice is…

Rawls is the thinker whose institution-centred approach Sen criticises in The Idea of Justice. Sen emphasises comparing actual states of affairs and reducing identifiable…

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Amartya Sen, in his book The Idea of Justice, was very critical of the explanation that justice is essentially about having perfectly just institutions and a global social contract, propounded by

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Rawls is the thinker whose institution-centred approach Sen criticises in The Idea of Justice. Sen emphasises comparing actual states of affairs and reducing identifiable injustice rather than beginning with a complete account of perfectly just institutions.

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