Luck egalitarianism. (2015 copyright 2015)
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- Book
- Title:
- Luck egalitarianism. (2015 copyright 2015)
- Main Title:
- Luck egalitarianism
- Further Information:
- Note: Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen.
- Authors:
- Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper, 1964-
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements -- Preface. 1 Luck egalitarianism and some close and distant relatives : Introduction -- What is luck egalitarianism? -- What is attractive about luck egalitarianism? -- Three important luck egalitarians: Dworkin -- Three important luck egalitarians: Arneson -- Three important luck egalitarians: Cohen -- Other distributive views -- Summary. 2 Why equality? : Introduction -- Formal equality -- Equality of human beings -- Williams on the idea of equality -- Rawls on range properties -- Respect and opaqueness -- A different proposal -- Summary. 3 Luck : Introduction -- Different kinds of luck -- Thin luck -- Thick luck -- Independent notions of luck -- How much luck is there? -- Constitutive luck -- Option luck versus brute luck -- Neutralizing luck and equality -- Bad luck versus good luck -- Summary. 4 Equality of what? : Introduction -- Welfare -- The specification objection -- The disability objection -- The offensive preference objection --The expensive and snobbish tastes objections -- The non-instrumental concern objection -- Dworkin's resourcist view -- Sen's capability metric -- Summary. 5 Telic and deontic luck egalitarianism : Introduction -- Some distinctions -- Telic versus deontic and the scope of equality -- The levelling down objection -- Telic egalitarianism and the levelling down objection -- Deontic egalitarianism and the levelling down objection -- Egalitarian responses -- Summary. 6 The scope of luck egalitarianism : Introduction -- WholeAcknowledgements -- Preface. 1 Luck egalitarianism and some close and distant relatives : Introduction -- What is luck egalitarianism? -- What is attractive about luck egalitarianism? -- Three important luck egalitarians: Dworkin -- Three important luck egalitarians: Arneson -- Three important luck egalitarians: Cohen -- Other distributive views -- Summary. 2 Why equality? : Introduction -- Formal equality -- Equality of human beings -- Williams on the idea of equality -- Rawls on range properties -- Respect and opaqueness -- A different proposal -- Summary. 3 Luck : Introduction -- Different kinds of luck -- Thin luck -- Thick luck -- Independent notions of luck -- How much luck is there? -- Constitutive luck -- Option luck versus brute luck -- Neutralizing luck and equality -- Bad luck versus good luck -- Summary. 4 Equality of what? : Introduction -- Welfare -- The specification objection -- The disability objection -- The offensive preference objection --The expensive and snobbish tastes objections -- The non-instrumental concern objection -- Dworkin's resourcist view -- Sen's capability metric -- Summary. 5 Telic and deontic luck egalitarianism : Introduction -- Some distinctions -- Telic versus deontic and the scope of equality -- The levelling down objection -- Telic egalitarianism and the levelling down objection -- Deontic egalitarianism and the levelling down objection -- Egalitarian responses -- Summary. 6 The scope of luck egalitarianism : Introduction -- Whole lives -- Generations -- Groups -- States -- Individuals that are neither persons nor human beings -- Summary. 7 Social relations egalitarianism versus luck egalitarianism : Introduction -- Social relations egalitarianism -- Anderson's democratic equality -- Humiliation and harshness -- What is at stake? -- The source of the disagreement between social relations and luck egalitarians? -- Summary. 8 Other values : Introduction -- Freedom -- Demandingness -- Community --Publicity and stability -- Reflections -- Summary. Bibliography -- Index. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (280 pages)
- Subjects:
- 320.011
Ethics & moral philosophy
Equality
Distributive justice
Fortune
Distributive justice
Equality
Fortune
Gelijkheid
Politieke filosofie
Social & political philosophy
Philosophy -- General
Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Philosophy -- Political
Philosophy - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781472570444
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