Egalitarianism [[electronic resource] ] : new essays on the nature and value of equality / / edited by Nils Holtug and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816791603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Clarendon Press, 2007
• ISBN: 1-383-04400-7; 0-19-160884-X; 1-280-75633-0; 0-19-151632-5; 1-4294-6014-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HoltugNils <1964->; Lippert-RasmussenKasper <1964->
• Disciplina: 170
• Soggetti: Equality - Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Most of the chapters in this book were presented at a conference on egalitarianism at the University of Copenhagen in 2004"--Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: An introduction to contemporary egalitarianism / Nils Holtug and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen -- A foundation for egalitarianism / Thomas Christiano -- A defence of extreme egalitarianism / Ingmar Persson -- The insignificance of the distinction between Telic and Deontic egalitarianism / Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen -- Prioritarianism / Nils Holtug -- Egalitarianism and the difference between interpersonal and intrapersonal judgments / Dennis McKerlie -- Who are the least advantaged? / Bertil Tungodden and Peter Vallentyne -- Feminist distributive justice and the relevance of equal relations / Linda Barclay -- Of mice and men : equality and animals / Peter Vallentyne -- Liberty, liability, and contractualism / Andrew Williams -- Desert and equality / Richard J. Arneson -- Market failure, common interests, and the titanic puzzle / Jonathan Wolff -- The 'what' and the 'how' of distributive justice and health / Susan Hurley.
• Sommario/riassunto: Egalitarianism, the view that equality matters, attracts a great deal of attention amongst contemporary political theorists. And yet it has ; turned out to be surprisingly difficult to provide a fully satisfactory egalitarian theory. The cutting-edge articles in Egalitarianism move the debate forward. They are written by some of the leading political philosophers in the field. - ;Egalitarianism, the view that equality matters, attracts a great deal of attention amongst contemporary political theorists. And yet it has turned out to be surprisingly difficult to provide a fully satisfactory egalita