Social equality : on what it means to be equals / edited by Carina Fourie, Fabian Schuppert, and Ivo Wallimann-Helmer ; foreword by David Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fourie, Carina, editor.

Schuppert, Fabian, editor.

Wallimann-Helmer, Ivo, editor.

Miller, David, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality.

Equality--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages)

Other Title:

On what it means to be equals

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together a collection of ten original essays that present new analyses of social and relational equality in philosophy and political theory. The essays analyze the nature of social equality and its relationship with justice and with politics. Is equality valuable? This question dominates many discussions of social justice. These discussions tend to centre on whether certain forms of distributive equality are valuable, such as the equal distribution of primary social goods.

Contents:

The nature and distinctiveness of social equality : an introduction / Carina Fourie, Fabian Schuppert, and Ivo Wallimann-Helmer

Part I: The nature of social equality. The practice of equality / Samuel Scheffler ; Relational equality, non-domination, and vulnerability / Marie Garrau and Cécile Laborde ; Conceptions and dimensions of social equality / John Baker ; To praise and to scorn : the problem of inequalities of esteem for social egalitarianism / Carina Fourie ; Being equals : analyzing the nature of social egalitarian relationships / Fabian Schuppert

Part II: The relationship between equalty, justice, and politics. Justice, respect, and treating people as equals / Andrew Mason ; Social equality

or just justice? / Christian Schemmel ; The principles and the presumption of equality / Stefan Gosepath ; On the scope and grounds of social equality / Rekha Nath ; Social equality and social inequality / Jonathan Wolff.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-933111-1

0-19-021286-1

OCLC:

922973175