On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice, and Other Essays in Political Philosophy / / G. A. Cohen; ed. by Michael Otsuka.

G. A. Cohen was one of the most gifted, influential, and progressive voices in contemporary political philosophy. At the time of his death in 2009, he had plans to bring together a number of his most significant papers. This is the first of three volumes to realize those plans. Drawing on three deca...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]
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Year of Publication:2011
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Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 4 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Editor's Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One: Luck Egalitarianism
  • Chapter One. On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice
  • Chapter Two. Equality of What? On Welfare, Goods, and Capabilities
  • Chapter Three. Sen on Capability, Freedom, and Control
  • Chapter Four. Expensive Taste Rides Again
  • Chapter Five. Luck and Equality
  • Chapter Six. Fairness and Legitimacy in Justice, And: Does Option Luck Ever Preserve Justice?
  • Part Two: Freedom and Property
  • Chapter Seven. Capitalism, Freedom, and the Proletariat
  • Chapter Eight. Freedom and Money
  • Part Three: Ideal Theory and Political Practice
  • Chapter Nine. Mind the Gap
  • Chapter Ten. Back to Socialist Basics
  • Chapter Eleven. How to Do Political Philosophy
  • Chapter Twelve. Rescuing Justice from Constructivism and Equality from the Basic Structure Restriction
  • Works Cited
  • Index