{"product_id":"9780684864631","title":"The Quest for Cosmic Justice","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Quest for Cosmic Justice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Thomas Sowell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for Cosmic Justice\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eJay Nordlinger \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e The burnished product of a lifetime of thinking, arguing, refining, and -- in essence -- getting it straight.\u003cbr\u003eDavid Boaz author of \u003ci\u003eLibertarianism: A Primer\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Libertarian Reader\u003c\/i\u003e No one should pronounce on justice or equality again without grappling with Thomas Sowell's powerful argument. In this book, reflecting a lifetime of wide-ranging research and careful reflection, Sowell makes us understand the difference between results and processes, between \"cosmic justice\" and traditional justice, between the rule of law and the power to do good. The ratio of insights to words in this book is remarkably high.\u003cbr\u003eJudge Robert H. Bork In \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for Cosmic Justice\u003c\/i\u003e Thomas Sowell once again displays his distinctive combination of erudition, analytical power, and uncommon sense.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780684864631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40896212664526,"sku":"9780684864631","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_96cf7c3f-47e8-44aa-8abd-976d678fbb83.jpg?v=1646776512","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780684864631","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}