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Justice, Equality and Constructivism: Essays on G. A. Cohen's Rescuing Justice and Equality (Ratio Special Issues) - Softcover

 
9781405191753: Justice, Equality and Constructivism: Essays on G. A. Cohen's Rescuing Justice and Equality (Ratio Special Issues)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1405191759 ISBN 13: 9781405191753
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

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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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.

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G.A. Cohen has made a major contribution to contemporary political theory as an egalitarian and a critic of John Rawls. In his recent book Rescuing Justice and Equality he defended two central theses, that egalitarianism is central to our concept of justice and that fundamental principles of justice are not dependent on contingent facts about society or human nature. The contributors to this volume are noted for their own work on these topics, and here offer explorations of Cohen’s themes and detailed criticism of his arguments. They variously challenge 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. This volume will be of great value to students and professionals working in political theory and moral philosophy.

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G.A. Cohen has made a major contribution to contemporary political theory as an egalitarian and a critic of John Rawls. In his recent book Rescuing Justice and Equality he defended two central theses, that egalitarianism is central to our concept of justice and that fundamental principles of justice are not dependent on contingent facts about society or human nature. The contributors to this volume are noted for their own work on these topics, and here offer explorations of Cohen’s themes and detailed criticism of his arguments. They variously challenge 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. This volume will be of great value to students and professionals working in political theory and moral philosophy.

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Verlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1405191759
ISBN 13 
9781405191753
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
138
Herausgeber
Feltham Brian
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