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OverviewThis edited volume offers a critical discussion of luck egalitarianism – one of the most prominent views in contemporary political philosophy – through an exploration of the theory of one of its leading proponents, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen. When (if ever) can inequalities in how well peoples’ lives go be justified? Luck egalitarianism provides an appealing answer: inequalities are just if, and only if, they are the result of the exercise of individual responsibility. Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen lucidly defends and specifies this view in his own book Luck Egalitarianism. The authors in this volume offer a critical discussion of the key features of his view. They discuss disagreements within views which assign an important role to responsibility. They go on to push the limits of luck egalitarianism: what about inequalities between us and the dead? And inequalities between groups? Finally, they criticize some of the central tenets of luck egalitarianism, including its tendency to avoid action-guiding judgements and its focus on distributions rather than interpersonal relations. This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David V. Axelsen (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK) , Juliana Bidadanure (Stanford University, USA) , Tim Meijers (Leiden University, the Netherlands)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.222kg ISBN: 9781032089966ISBN 10: 1032089962 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 30 June 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Equality, responsibility, and justice 2. Precís of luck egalitarianism 3. Justice as fairness and bad luck 4. How generous should egalitarians be? 5. Are inequalities between us and the dead intergenerationally unjust? 6. On Who matters: extending the scope of luck egalitarianism to groups 7. Equality, value pluralism and relevance: Is luck egalitarianism in one way good, but not all things considered? 8. Unequally egalitarian? Defending the credentials of social egalitarianism 9. Reply to criticsReviewsAuthor InformationDavid V. Axelsen is LSE Fellow in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics, UK. Juliana Bidadanure is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and, by courtesy, of Political Science at Stanford University, USA. Tim Meijers is Assistant Professor in the Institute for Philosophy at Leiden University, the Netherlands, and a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Ethics Institute at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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