On the currency of egalitarian justice, and other essays in political philosophy
Title:
On the currency of egalitarian justice, and other essays in political philosophy
Author:
Cohen, G. A. (Gerald Allan), 1941-2009.
ISBN:
9780691148700
9780691148717
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Publication Information:
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011.
Physical Description:
xi, 268 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
On the currency of egalitarian justice -- Equality of what? On welfare, goods, and capabilities -- Sen on capability, freedom, and control -- Expensive taste rides again -- Luck and equality -- Fairness and legitimacy in justice, and: does option luck ever preserve justice? -- Capitalism, freedom, and the proletariat -- Freedom and money -- Mind the gap -- Back to socialist basics -- How to do political philosophy -- Rescuing justice from constructivism and equality from the basic structure restriction.
Abstract:
This is a posthumous collection of essays in political philosophy by G.A. Cohen. Part I asks what egalitarians have most reason to equalize. Part II considers the relationship between freedom and property. Part III reflects upon ideal theory and political practice.
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