Speaking of Equality : : An Analysis of the Rhetorical Force of 'Equality' in Moral and Legal Discourse / / P. Westen.
Aristotle noted that "equality" is the plea not of those who are satisfied but of those who seek change, and the word has long been invoked in the name of social reform. It retains its force because arguments for equality put arguments for inequality on the defensive. But why is "equa...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1990 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- Part One: The Ordinary Meaning of 'Equality'
- Introduction
- ONE. DESCRIPTIVE EQUALITY
- TWO. MATHEMATICAL EQUALITY
- THREE. PRESCRIPTIVE EQUALITY
- FOUR. EQUAL TREATMENT
- FIVE. SUMMARY
- Part Two: Some More Equal than Others
- Introduction
- SIX. ANTIDISCRIMINATION RIGHTS
- SEVEN. PER-CAPITA DISTRIBUTIONS
- EIGHT. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
- Part Three: Precepts of Equality
- Introduction
- NINE. THE FORMAL PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY
- TEN. THE PRESUMPTION OF EQUALITY
- Part Four: The Rhetoric of Equality
- Introduction
- ELEVEN. THE PERSUASIVENESS OF EQUALITY
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Backmatter