Rescuing Justice and Equality / / G. A. Cohen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Cohen, G. A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; SHORT TABLE OF CONTENTS --; LONG TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION --; I RESCUING EQUALITY FROM . . . --; 1 THE INCENTIVES ARGUMENT --; 2 THE PARETO ARGUMENT --; 3 THE BASIC STRUCTURE OBJECTION --; 4 THE DIFFERENCE PRINCIPLE --; 5 THE FREEDOM OBJECTION --; II RESCUING JUSTICE FROM . . . --; 6 THE FACTS --; 7 CONSTRUCTIVISM --; 8 THE PUBLICITY ARGUMENT --; GENERAL APPENDIX: REPLIES TO CRITICS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; CREDITS --; NAME INDEX --; SUBJECT INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674262713; 9783110442212; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674262713
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: G. A. Cohen.

In this work of political philosophy, Cohen sets out to rescue the egalitarian thesis that in a society where distributive justice prevails, people’s material prospects are roughly equal. Arguing against the Rawlsian version of a just society, Cohen demonstrates that distributive justice does not tolerate deep inequality.