Justice, equality and constructivism : essays on G.A. Cohen's Rescuing justice and equality / edited by Brian Feltham.

Contributor(s):

Feltham, Brian

Material type:

TextSeries: Ratio book seriesPublication details: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.Description: 128 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781405191753
1405191759

Uniform titles:

Ratio.

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.01 22

LOC classification:

HM821.C65 J87 2009

Contents:

Justice is not equality / Richard J. Arneson -- Inequality, injustice and levelling down / Thomas Christiano and Will Braynen -- Inequality, incentives and the interpersonal test / Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen -- Freedom of occupational choice / Michael Otsuka -- Cohen to the rescue! / Thomas Pogge -- Justice, incentives and constructivism / Andrew Williams.

Summary: This collection critically engages with a number of recurrent themes from the work of G.A. Cohen, and most especially with arguments and positions advanced in his "Rescuing Justice and Equality". It provides a critical discussion of the work of the contemporary political theorist G.A. Cohen, an egalitarian and a critic of John Rawls. It offers a critical perspective on his significant work on equality and constructivism, including his eagerly anticipated new book "Rescuing Justice and Equality". The contributors to this volume are noted for their own work on these topics. This title challenges Cohen's view of the centrality of equality to justice, of the scope for free choice of occupation and economic incentives, as well as his view that fundamental principles of justice are insensitive to facts.

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"Originally published as Volume 21, Issue 4 of Ratio"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This collection critically engages with a number of recurrent themes from the work of G.A. Cohen, and most especially with arguments and positions advanced in his "Rescuing Justice and Equality". It provides a critical discussion of the work of the contemporary political theorist G.A. Cohen, an egalitarian and a critic of John Rawls. It offers a critical perspective on his significant work on equality and constructivism, including his eagerly anticipated new book "Rescuing Justice and Equality". The contributors to this volume are noted for their own work on these topics. This title challenges Cohen's view of the centrality of equality to justice, of the scope for free choice of occupation and economic incentives, as well as his view that fundamental principles of justice are insensitive to facts.

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