What is this Thing Called Global Justice? by TAN, Kok-Chor. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge a member of the Taylor and Francis Group, 2021. ix+ 216 pp. Hardcover: AUS$252.00 ; Softcover: AUS$69.99 ; VitalSource eBook: AUS$56.69. doi: 10.4324/9781315736273 ; The Paradigm of Justice: A Contemporary Debate between John Rawls and Amartya Sen by DAS, Kantilal. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge a member of the Taylor and Francis Group, 2021. x+ 262 pp. Hardcover: AUS$201.60 ; VitalSource eBook: AUS$55.19. doi: 10.4324/9781003206002

What is this Thing Called Global Justice? by TAN Kok-Chor. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge a member of the Taylor and Francis Group, 2021. ix+ 216 pp. Hardcover: AUS$252.00 ; Softcover: AUS$69.99 ; VitalSource eBook: AUS$56.69. doi: 10.4324/9781315736273

The Paradigm of Justice: A Contemporary Debate between John Rawls and Amartya Sen by DAS Kantilal. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge a member of the Taylor and Francis Group, 2021. x+ 262 pp. Hardcover: AUS$201.60 ; VitalSource eBook: AUS$55.19. doi: 10.4324/9781003206002

What do we mean when we talk of justice? This age-old question demands answers as we conceive justice as a form of legitimacy. Further, in order to change the world, which apparently seems unjust, one must come to the “right understanding of the problems” (TAN, p. 192) to be solved, and by gaining a greater understanding of the problem of justice we would be able to offer a solution to the problem.

This review addresses two books which try to make sense of the ideas of justice.

The book by Tan is an excellent philosophical inquiry that uncovers the nuances regarding questions of global justice by taking a problem-based approach. By discussing real-world problems and their accompanying philosophical arguments and positions, the author reveals the multitude of issues relating to global justice that exist in...