The May edition of the Journal of Religious Ethics features a focus on Nicholas Wolterstorff and his book, Justice: Rights and Wrongs, with pieces written by Paul Weithman, Harold Attridge, Oliver O’Donovan, Richard Bernstein, and Nicholas Wolterstorff himself. Weithman writes in his introduction:
This introduction sets the stage for four papers on Nicholas Wolterstorff’s Justice: Rights and Wrongs, written by Harold Attridge, Oliver O’Donovan, Richard Bernstein, and myself. In his book, Wolterstorff defends an account of human rights. The first section of this introduction distinguishes Wolterstorff’s account of rights from the alternative account of rights against which he contends. The alternative account draws much of its power from a historical narrative according to which theory and politics supplanted earlier ways of thinking about justice. The second section sketches that narrative and Wolterstorff’s counter-narrative. The third section draws together the main points of Wolterstorff’s own account.
Registered users can read the articles here, and be sure to see The Immanent Frame’s recent discussion series on this book, Justice.
