Ideals Equality

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-631-20714-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 198 g

What is equality and is it a genuine political ideal? The contributors address this question in a variety of different ways, and in the course of doing so they contrast a number of different notions of equality, and distinguish equality from the related idea of giving priority to the worst off.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mason, Andrew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Equality and Priority: Derek Parfit (All Souls College, Oxford).

2. Equality and Justice: David Miller (Nuffield College, Oxford).

3. The Social Basis of Equality: Richard Norman (University of Kent).

4. Equality of Opportunity: Janet Radcliffe Richards (The Open University).

5. Egalitarianism; Partial, Counterproductive, and Baseless: Jan Narveson (University of Waterloo).

6. Choice and Circumstance: Hillel Steiner (University of Manchester).

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Mason is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Southhampton. he is the author of Explaining Political Disagreement (1993), and editor of Ideals of Equality (1998).