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

• 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.)

In this stimulating work of political philosophy, acclaimed philosopher G. A. Cohen sets out to rescue the egalitarian thesis that in a society in which distributive justice prevails, people’s material prospects are roughly equal. Arguing against the Rawlsian version of a just society, Cohen demonst...

Table of Contents

• 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