One Another’s Equals : : The Basis of Human Equality / / Jeremy Waldron.

An enduring theme of Western philosophy is that we are all one another’s equals. Yet the principle of basic equality is woefully under-explored in modern moral and political philosophy. What does it mean to say we are all one another’s equals? Jeremy Waldron confronts this question fully and unflinc...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]
©2017
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
1. “More Than Merely Equal Consideration”? --
2. Prescriptivity and Redundancy --
3. Looking for a Range Property --
4. Power and Scintillation --
5. A Religious Basis for Equality? --
6. The Profoundly Disabled as Our Human Equals --
Index
Summary:An enduring theme of Western philosophy is that we are all one another’s equals. Yet the principle of basic equality is woefully under-explored in modern moral and political philosophy. What does it mean to say we are all one another’s equals? Jeremy Waldron confronts this question fully and unflinchingly in a major new multifaceted account.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674978867
9783110543315
DOI:10.4159/9780674978867
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Jeremy Waldron.