1. The Concept of Justice: Some Recent Perspectives
"Facing" our humanity: contextualizing justice and injustice
Classical conceptions of justice
Justice, power, and rights
Obligations and reciprocity
2. Justice: Human Dignity and Equality
The idea of justice beyond fairness
Seeing the other with equal respect through the injustice of colonialism
3. Justice: Mercy and the Cultivation of Humanity
Mercy and "the equity tradition"
Mercy and forgiveness in practice: the South African case
4. Justice Across Boundaries I: The Moral and Literary Imagination
Sympathetic understanding
5. Justice Across Boundaries II: Human Development and Obligation
Poverty and social justice
Capabilities and development
6. Restorative Justice and Democratic Deliberation
Deliberative democracy and justice
7. Justice and Spirituality: A Testament to Our Humanity
Spirituality's link with justice
Justice and "the absolute horizon of being"
Spirituality and justice in Simone Weil
