Egalitarianism Ne Essays on the Nature and Value of Equality [Hardcover]

Egalitarianism, the view that equality matters, attracts a great deal of attention amongst contemporary political theorists. And yet it has turned out to be surprisingly difficult to provide a fully satisfactory egalitarian theory. The cutting-edge articles inEgalitarianismmove the debate forward. They are written by some of the leading political philosophers in the field.

1. An introduction to contemporary egalitarianism,Nils Holtug and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
I. Foundations for equality
2. A foundation for egalitarianism,Thomas Christiano
3. A defence of extreme egalitarianism,Ingmar Persson
II. The nature of equality
4. The insignificance of the distinction between telic and deontic egalitarianism,Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
5. Prioritarianism,Nils Holtug
6. Egalitarianism and the difference between interpersonal and intrapersonal judgments,Dennis McKerlie
7. Who are the least advantaged?,Bertil Tungodden and Peter Vallentyne
8. Feminist distributive justice and the relevance of equal relations,Linda Barclay
9. Of mice and men: equality and animals,Peter Vallentyne
III. Equality and other values
10. Liberty, liability, and contractualism,Andrew Williams
11. Desert and equality,Richard J. Arneson
IV. Applications
12. Market failure, common interests, and the Titanic puzzle,Jonathan Wolff
13. The 'what' and the 'how' of distributive justice and health,Susan Hurley