
Justice, Equality and Constructivism
Essays on G. A. Cohen's Rescuing Justice and Equality
Brian Feltham(Editor)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 19. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-1-4051-9175-3 (ISBN)
Description
This collection critically engages with a number of recurrent themes from the work of G.A. Cohen, and most especially with arguments and positions advanced in his Rescuing Justice and Equality.
* A critical discussion of the work of the contemporary political theorist G.A. Cohen, an egalitarian and a critic of John Rawls
* Offers a critical perspective on his significant work on equality and constructivism, including his eagerly anticipated new book Rescuing Justice and Equality
* The contributors to this volume are noted for their own work on these topics
* Challenges Cohen's view of the centrality of equality to justice, of the scope for free choice of occupation and economic incentives, as well as his view that fundamental principles of justice are insensitive to facts
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Product info
Paperback
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
184 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-9175-3 (9781405191753)
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Person
Brian Feltham was educated at University College London and Oxford, and now lectures at the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading. Prior to this he helped orchestrate a major three-year research project into 'Impartiality and Partiality in Ethics' at the Philosophy Department at Reading. He has published papers in ethics and political philosophy.
Content
1. Introduction: Brian Feltham.
2. Justice is not Equality: Richard J. Arneson.
3. Inequality, Injustice and Levelling Down: Thomas Christiano and Will Braynen.
4. Inequality, Incentives and the Interpersonal Test: Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen.
5. Freedom of Occupational Choice: Michael Otsuka.
6. Cohen to the Rescue!: Thomas Pogge.
7. Justice, Incentives and Constructivism: Andrew Williams.
Index