Equality Selected Readings

by Pojman, Louis P.; Westmoreland, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780195102505
• ISBN10: 0195102509
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Equality: Selected Readings collects the most representative material on the subject of equality, providing critical analyses of the egalitarian principles which underlie contemporary debate on issues such as welfare, civil and human rights, affirmative action, and immigration. The mostcomprehensive anthology of its kind, this volume includes a broad range of readings, from the classical works of Aristotle, Hobbes, and Rousseau to contemporary selections by John Rawls, Thomas Nagel, R.M. Hare, Harry Frankfurt, Wallace Matson, Robert Nozick, Michael Walzer, and others. Severalimportant topics are covered in depth, including the concept of equality; equal opportunity; welfare egalitarianism; resource egalitarianism; complex equality; and equal human worth and human rights. A comprehensive introduction and bibliography are also included. Ideal for courses in politicalphilosophy, this unique work covers all sides of the crucial debate over equality and strives to expand readers' understanding of the issues at stake in order to help them arrive at informed judgments.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Nature and Value of Equality

Classical Readings

Justice and Equality, Aristotle

Equality in the State of Nature

On the Origins of Inequality

On Justice and Equality

The Manifesto of Equality

On the Concept of Equality Itself

Egalitarianism as a Descriptive Concept

Equality and Time

Inequality

General Considerations

Groundwork for a Metaphysic of Morals (second formula of the categorical Imperative and other selections), Kant

Justice Does Not Imply Equality

Against Equality

Egalitarianism and the Equal Consideration of Interests

Justice and Equality

Equal Opportunity

Equality of Opportunity and Beyond

Liberty versus Equal Opportunity

The Concept of Equal Opportunity

Life is Not a Race

A Liberal Defense of Equal Opportunity

The Contemporary Debate on the Nature and Value of Equality

Equality and Desert

Justice: A Funeral Oration

Radical Welfare Egalitarianism

A Utilitarian Defense of Equality

Equality and Equal Opportunity for Welfare

A Critique of Welfare Egalitarianism

Equality and Partiality

Equality as a Moral Ideal

A Defense of Resource Equality

On Equal Human Worth: A Critique of Contemporary Egalitarianism

Complex Equality

Appendix

Harrison Bergeron

Bibliography

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