Eight Theories of Justice

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Karen Lebacqz is professor emerita of the Pacific School of Religion, and former core doctoral faculty of the Graduate Theological Union. Karen's lifelong commitment to issues of social justice has taken shape in three primary areas: professional ethics, bioethics, and ethical theory. Her publications include more than six books, among them Six Theories of Justice, Justice in an Unjust World, Sex in the Parish, and Ethics and Spiritual Care. Her dozens of essays in bioethics, feminist ethics, and sexual ethics have been published in scientific journals, church magazines, and international contexts. In 2019 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Christian Ethics.

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Eight Theories of Justice presents ideas of justice in political philosophy and theological ethics: utilitarianism, liberalism, libertarianism, communitarianism, Catholic social teaching, Christian realism, liberation theology, and womanism. Each chapter introduces the major elements of a theory and an assessment of its value for living justly.