Future of Equality

This book explores the way in which the future affects distributive policies and how we should devise health, procreation, and demographic policies so that they do not lead to some being worse off than others for no fault of their own.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• Part I. Why Equality Is Not Enough


• 2: Equality and the Challenge from Possible Persons


• 3: The Anti-Natalist Objection to Egalitarianism


• Part II. Prioritarianism and the Future of Humanity


• 4: The Super Repugnant Conclusion to Prioritarianism


• 5: Prioritarianism: Between Factualism and Risk-Aversion


• 6: Non-Factualist Strategies for Handling the Separateness of Persons Objection


• 7: A Risk-Averse Principle for Uncertain Times


• Part III. A Pluralist Approach for Future Persons


• 8: Why Possible Persons Count (But Their "Claims" Don't)


• 9: A Pluralist Egalitarian Complaint Model


• 10: Conclusion

About the author

Shlomi Segall teaches moral and political philosophy at the department of politics and the PPE program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published on distributive justice, egalitarianism, health equity, and population ethics. His previous book, Why Inequality Matters, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2016.

Product details

• Authors: Shlomi Segall, Shlomi (Professor Segall
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 10.10.2025
• EAN: 9780198928935
• ISBN: 978-0-19-892893-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social Discrimination, Social discrimination and social justice