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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455099103321

Autore

Cohen G. A (Gerald Allan), <1941-2009.>

Titolo

Rescuing justice and equality [[electronic resource] /] / G.A. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-02965-8

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 430 p. : ill

Classificazione

CC 7700

Disciplina

305.01

Soggetti

Equality

Social justice

Communism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-421) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- SHORT TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LONG TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- I RESCUING EQUALITY FROM ... -- II RESCUING JUSTICE FROM . . . -- GENERAL APPENDIX: REPLIES TO CRITICS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CREDITS -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In this work of political philosophy, Cohen sets out to rescue the egalitarian thesis that in a society where distributive justice prevails, people's material prospects are roughly equal. Arguing against the Rawlsian version of a just society, Cohen demonstrates that distributive justice does not tolerate deep inequality.