Political Philosophy: The Puzzle of Legitimate Injustice

How to understand a long-standing puzzle in political philosophy: the relationship between justice and legitimacy

Can laws be unjust and yet remain, in some sense, morally legitimate? In this book, Jonathan Quong considers central issues in political philosophy through the lens of this single question. He explores and evaluates recent influential work on this topic and then proposes a novel approach of his own. The puzzle at the heart of his account is the phenomenon of legitimate injustice—...