The Ideal of Equality

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One of the central debates within contemporary Anglo-American political philosophy concerns how to formulate an egalitarian theory of distributive justice which gives coherent expression to egalitarian convictions and withstands the most powerful anti-egalitarian objections. This book brings together many of the key contributions to that debate by some of the world's leading political philosophers.
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One of the central debates within contemporary Anglo-American political philosophy concerns how to formulate an egalitarian theory of distributive justice which gives coherent expression to egalitarian convictions and withstands the most powerful anti-egalitarian objections. This book brings together many of the key contributions to that debate by some of the world's leading political philosophers.
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Presents nine key, previously published essays by some of the world's leading political philosophers addressing the question of how to formulate a coherent egalitarian theory of distributive justice. Includes Richard Arneson on liberalism, distributive subjectivism, and equal opportunity for welfare; Ronald Dworkin on justice in the distribution of health care; and John Rawls's reply to Alexander and Musgrave, as well as essays by Matthew Clayton, G. A. Cohen, Thomas Nagel, Derek Parfit, T. M. Scanlon, Larry Temkin, and Andrew Williams. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780312230173
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Publication date: 8/28/2000
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 242
  • Product dimensions: 5.85 (w) x 8.86 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author


Matthew Clayton is Lecturer in Government at Brunel University.

Andrew Williams is Research Fellow in Public Philosophy at the University of Warwick.
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
1 Some Questions for Egalitarians 1
2 Reply to Alexander and Musgrave (extracts) 21
3 The Diversity of Objections to Inequality 41
4 Equality 60
5 Equality or Priority? 81
6 Equality, Priority, and the Levelling Down Objection 126
7 The Pareto Argument for Inequality (extracts) 162
8 Liberalism, Distributive Subjectivism, and Equal Opportunity for Welfare (extracts) 182
9 Justice in the Distribution of Health Care 203
Further Reading 223
Index 226
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