Economic Theory - General & Miscellaneous, General & Miscellaneous Law, General & Miscellaneous - Politics & Government, Characteristics & Qualities - Self-Improvement, Inequality
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Overview
Arguments about distributive justice often take place around two ideas. One is that goods should be distributed equally. The other is that how people fare in life should depend on what they are responsible for. The author asks what draws us to these two ideas and examines recent attempts by egalitarian thinkers to bring them together in a single distributive ideal. Underlying this ideal is the egalitarian intuition - the intuition that it is objectionable for some to be worse off than others through no fault of their own. In a wide-ranging discussion, Lake tests that intuition from a variety of perspectives and points to the gaps in our current thinking about equality and individual responsibility.Synopsis
How should goods be distributed in our society? Some say equally, others say according to what people are responsible for. Both ideas seem plausible but neither tell the whole story. The author examines what draws us to these two ideas and looks at recent attempts by egalitarian thinkers to bring them together in a single distributive ideal.
Book Details
Published
January 1, 2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Pages
182
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780199241743