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'Thinking About Mathematics', 'The Idea of Justice' and 'On the Law of War and Peace'
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
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Capabilities are part of freedom, involving real opportunities [Sen]
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20998
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Freedom can involve capabilities, independence and non-interference [Sen]
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 7. Freedom to leave
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A person is free to renounce their state, as long as it is not a moment of crisis [Grotius, by Rousseau]
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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
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20997
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The need for equality among people arises from impartiality and objectivity [Sen]
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20996
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All modern theories of justice demand equality of something [Sen]
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
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Freedom from torture or terrorist attacks is independent of citizenship [Sen]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice
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You don't need a complete theory of justice to see that slavery is wrong [Sen]
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Practical justice concerns not only ideals, but ways to achieve them [Sen]
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20985
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Our institutions should promote justice, rather than embodying it [Sen]
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We must focus on removing manifest injustice, not just try to design a perfect society [Sen]
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If justice needs public reasoning, which needs democracy, then justice and democracy are linked [Sen]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / c. Natural law
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Grotius and Pufendorf based natural law on real (rather than idealised) humanity [Grotius, by Ford,JD]
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A natural right of self-preservation is balanced by a natural law to avoid unnecessary harm [Grotius, by Tuck]
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25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / d. Legal positivism
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Grotius ignored elaborate natural law theories, preferring a basic right of self-preservation [Grotius, by Tuck]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war
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It is permissible in a just cause to capture a place in neutral territory [Grotius]
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