Equality, So Badly Misunderstood / by TIBOR R. MACHAN.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Machan, Tibor R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic policy.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 v.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

S.l. : Addleton Academic Publishers, S.d.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The effort to make people equal in various important respects, e.g., wealth,health, education, burdens and advantages of all kinds, is the focus ofcriticism in this short work. I hold and argue that this effort is misguided,often very harmful and also frequently insidious, a guise for mischief by thosewho embark on the pursuit.The only valid form of equality pertains to people's basic human individualrights-all who aren't crucially incapacitated have these, so they are oftencalled the equal rights of all persons.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Contents

About the Author

Dedication

Quotations

Introduction

Against Fairness

Is Aesthetic Preference Unfair Discrimination

Is One Unjust to Weeds When One Brings Jome Pretty Flowers?

Rawls's Contradiction

The Fallacy of Self-Exclusion

What Kind of Equality?

What Do We Cherish "as Americans"?

Positive Externalities (Side-effects) of Riches

Programs in Conflict

Sen versus Bauer on How to Achieve Development (and Equality)

Equality's Irrelevance

Now for Some Implications

Market Process as a Marathon Race

Revisiting Wealth Redistribution

Equality and Liberty

There's no Level Playing Field or Equal Opportunity

Nasty Effects of Egalitarianism

Summing Up: Oh, that Egalitarian Feeling!

Epilog: Egalitarian Straitjackets

Notes

Back Cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781942585381

1942585381

9781461905240

1461905249

OCLC:

1265461357