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Luck Egalitarianism

Carl Knight
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      How should we decide which inequalities between people are justified, and which are unjustified? One answer is that such inequalities are only justified where there is a corresponding variation in responsible action or choice on the part of the persons concerned. This view, which has become known as 'luck egalitarianism', has come to occupy a central place in recent debates about distributive justice. This book is the first full length treatment of this significant development in contemporary political philosophy. Each of its three parts addresses a key question concerning the theory. Which version of luck egalitarian comes closest to realizing luck egalitarian objectives? Does luck egalitarianism succeed as a view of egalitarian justice? And is it sound as an account of distributive justice in general? The book provides a distinctive answer to each of these questions, along the way engaging with the leading theorists identified in the literature as luck egalitarians, such as Richard Arneson, G. A. Cohen, and Ronald Dworkin, as well as the most influential critics, including Elizabeth Anderson, Marc Fleurbaey, Susan Hurley, Samuel Scheffler, and Jonathan Wolff.Key Features *Presents a critical survey of already classic debates about responsibility, equality and justice *Provides a sustained engagement with luck egalitarianism's critics *Stakes a distinctive position on the key questions regarding luck egalitarianism
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Carl Knight EAN: 9780748638697 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 541 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Edinburgh University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-07-10 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Political science and theory

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      Carl Knight is a Research Fellow at the Adam Smith Research Foundation and the Department of Politics, University of Glasgow. He is co-editor, with Zofia Stemplowska, of Distributive Justice and Responsibility (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
      How should we decide which inequalities between people are justified, and which are unjustified? One answer is that such inequalities are only justified where there is a corresponding variation in responsible action or choice on the part of the persons concerned. This view, which has become known as 'luck egalitarianism', has come to occupy a central place in recent debates about distributive justice. This book is the first full length treatment of this significant development in contemporary political philosophy. Each of its three parts addresses a key question concerning the theory. Which version of luck egalitarian comes closest to realizing luck egalitarian objectives? Does luck egalitarianism succeed as a view of egalitarian justice? And is it sound as an account of distributive justice in general? The book provides a distinctive answer to each of these questions, along the way engaging with the leading theorists identified in the literature as luck egalitarians, such as Richard Arneson, G. A. Cohen, and Ronald Dworkin, as well as the most influential critics, including Elizabeth Anderson, Marc Fleurbaey, Susan Hurley, Samuel Scheffler, and Jonathan Wolff.Key Features *Presents a critical survey of already classic debates about responsibility, equality and justice *Provides a sustained engagement with luck egalitarianism's critics *Stakes a distinctive position on the key questions regarding luck egalitarianism
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Carl Knight EAN: 9780748638697 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 541 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Edinburgh University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-07-10 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Asia / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Political science and theory

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      Carl Knight is a Research Fellow at the Adam Smith Research Foundation and the Department of Politics, University of Glasgow. He is co-editor, with Zofia Stemplowska, of Distributive Justice and Responsibility (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

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