Justice as a Basic Human NeedNova Publishers, 2006 - 215 pagini Psychologists in different tributaries of the discipline have long been preoccupied with aspects of 'Justice', but none previously has addressed the essential question raised in this book - namely of justice being as vital to the essentials of life and to the flowering of the human spirit as other basic needs. The same can be said for academics and practitioners in other disciplines in social science, as well as those in mental health and psychiatry. Although lawyers might come close to accepting the proposition, it seems to me that in the main their professional expertise is directed to the superficial maintenance of systems of justice rather than to the underlying reasons for doing so. This book, arising from academic, clinical, empirical, and theoretical studies, goes the further mile by giving justice its proper place in the hierarchy of basic human needs. It is designed in accord with a general systems theory in which contributions are welcomed from international scholars and researchers in different domains of knowledge. Above all, it is written in the hope of inducing others to share a commitment to justice and do their utmost to prevent injustice. |
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From Darwin to Piaget The Development and Acquisition of Moral Beliefs | 39 |
Criminal Justice and Good Lives | 49 |
Therapeutic Jurisprudence | 61 |
Meeting Human Needs The Potential of Restorative Justice | 71 |
Justice SocialPsychological Perspectives | 85 |
Mental Health Consumers Social Justice and the Historical Antecedents of Oppression | 95 |
On Common Ground Justice Human Rights and Survival | 113 |
Justice Torture and Restoration | 135 |
The International Bill of Rights and Human Nature | 159 |
Dovetailing Justice into an Existing Framework of Needs | 177 |
Index | 201 |
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Pagina 5 - Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind...
Pagina 31 - He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Pagina 180 - There is so much good in the worst of us and so much bad in the best of us that it hardly behooves any of us to talk about the rest of us.
Pagina 160 - If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
Pagina 160 - While the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind, it is the duty of States, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Pagina 30 - You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge; 18 but you shall re-member that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this.