Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
"The editors are to be congratulated on having put together a collection of leading contributions to the debate about equality among political philosophers in recent years."-Brian Barry, Columbia University
About the Author
Matthew Clayton is Lecturer in Government at Brunel University.
Andrew Williams is Research Fellow in Public Philosophy at the University of Warwick.
Table of Contents
Some Questions for Egalitarians--M. Clayton & A. Williams * Reply to Alexander and Musgrave (extracts)--J. Rawls * The Diversity of Objections to Inequality--T.M. Scanlon * Equality--T. Nagel * Equality or Priority?--D. Parfit * Equality, Priority, and the Levelling Down Objection--L. Temkin * The Pareto Argument for Inequality (extracts)--G.A. Cohen * Equal Opportunities for Welfare (extracts)-- R. Arneson * Justice in the Distribution of Health Care--R. Dworkin
Some Questions for Egalitarians--M. Clayton & A. Williams * Reply to Alexander and Musgrave (extracts)--J. Rawls * The Diversity of Objections to Inequality--T.M. Scanlon * Equality--T. Nagel * Equality or Priority?--D. Parfit * Equality, Priority, and the Levelling Down Objection--L. Temkin * The Pareto Argument for Inequality (extracts)--G.A. Cohen * Equal Opportunities for Welfare (extracts)-- R. Arneson * Justice in the Distribution of Health Care--R. Dworkin