Rescuing Justice and EqualityIn this stimulating work of political philosophy, acclaimed philosopher G. A. Cohen sets out to rescue the egalitarian thesis that in a society in which 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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 76
... benefit from its removal . And I believe that it is in general more difficult than liberals suppose to show that the worst off could not benefit from removal of an inequality , and hence in general more difficult than liberals think it ...
... benefit from them as a matter of desert , but , if the well endowed benefit from their talent in ways that also help the untalented , then the benefit redounding to the former is acceptable . In the counter - interpretation , it is ...
... benefit beyond that of having talent ) , for they already have some primary goods ( and if they did not , then , on the suggested interpretation , and given the rest of what is said , “ still further benefits " would imply that the ...
Contents
Preface χν | 1 |
The Incentives Argument | 27 |
Testing the Incentives Argument | 48 |
Copyright | |
65 other sections not shown