Download or read book Current Societal Concerns about Justice written by Leo Montada and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1996-10-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What role does justice play in the formation of public opinion and the scholarly debates about contemporary societal problems? This insightful volume explores this question in its examination of such issues as protection of natural ecology and resources, gender inequalities, mass unemployment, and the intergenerational contract. Important chapters discuss the conflict between justice concerns and motives and other motivations including the common welfare, self-interest, and altruism. The book features problem sets that focus on how justice motives can be used to define and solve social issues.