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Overview
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.
Synopsis
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.
Booknews
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)