Justice as a Basic Human Need

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Nova Publishers, 2006 - 215
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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Doing Justice to Justice
1
Being Human and the Need for Justice
13
The Meaning of Justice Insights from the Biblical Tradition
25
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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