Why Inequality Matters - Luck Egalitarianism, Its Meaning and Value

This book explores and defends the view that inequality is intrinsically bad when and because it leads to arbitrary disadvantage.

List of contents

Part I. Egalitarianism: 1. The variety of objections to equality; 2. Why inequality matters; 3. When does inequality matter?; 4. Who is inequality bad for?; Part II. Alternatives to Egalitarianism: 5. What is the point of sufficiency?; 6. Prioritarianism and the person-affecting view; 7. Prioritarianism and time; Part III. Chances and Choices: 8. Should egalitarians care about chances?; 9. The badness of voluntary inequalities.

About the author

Shlomi Segall is an associate professor at the Program in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Health, Luck, and Justice (2010) and Equality and Opportunity (2013).

Summary

This book brings together discussions of the moral value of inequality with luck- or responsibility-sensitive accounts of distributive justice to explore and defend the view that inequality is intrinsically bad, and it is bad when and because it leaves some worse off than others through no fault or choice of their own.

Product details

• Authors: Shlomi Segall
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781107570313
• ISBN: 978-1-107-57031-3
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Law, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Economics, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Economic theory and philosophy