Relational egalitarianism : living as equals / Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus Universitet, Denmark).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination--Philosophy.

Discrimination.

Discrimination--Moral and ethical aspects.

Equality--Philosophy.

Equality.

Distributive justice.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 252 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

"Over the last twenty years, many political philosophers have rejected the idea that justice is fundamentally about distribution. Rather, justice is about social relations, and the so-called distributive paradigm should be replaced by a new relational paradigm. Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen seeks to describe, refine, and assess these thoughts and to propose a comprehensive form of egalitarianism which includes central elements from both relational and distributive paradigms. He shows why many of the challenges that luck egalitarianism faces reappear, once we try to specify relational egalitarianism more fully. His discussion advances understanding of the nature of the relational ideal, and introduces new conceptual tools for understanding it and for exploring the important question of why it is desirable in the first place to relate as equals. Even severe critics of the distributive understanding of justice will find that this book casts important new light on the ideal to which they subscribe"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781107158900

1107158907

OCLC:

1042076646