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The Quest for Cosmic Justice by Thomas Sowell is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Quest for Cosmic Justice about?
This is not a comforting book -- it is a book about disturbing issues that are urgently important today and enduringly critical for the future. It rejects both "merit" and historical redress as principles for guiding public policy. It shows how "peace" movements have led to war and to needless casualties in those wars. It argues that "equality" is neither right nor wrong, but meaningless. The Quest for Cosmic Justice shows how confused conceptions of justice end up promoting injustice, how confused conceptions of equality end up promoting inequality, and how the tyranny of social visions prevents many people from confronting the actual consequences of their own beliefs and policies. Those consequences include the steady and dangerous erosion of the fundamental principles of freedom -- and the quiet repeal of the American revolution.Amazon.com ReviewThomas Sowell is a man of immense learning but with a common touch. His books reveal a dazzling mind that ranges freely and easily from history and sociology to economics to public policy. He conveys complex ideas in a simple way for a mass audience, a skill he learned as an academic who writes a syndicated newspaper column. This strengt
Who reads The Quest for Cosmic Justice?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Thomas Sowell
- Publisher
- The Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780684864624
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Political Science, Fiction, Law
- Rating
- 4.27 / 5 (533 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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