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OverviewThis book offers a new and compelling account of distributive justice and its relation to choice. Unlike luck egalitarians, who treat unchosen differences in people's circumstances as sources of unjust inequality to be overcome, Sher views such differences as pervasive and unavoidable features of the human situation. Appealing to an original account of what makes us moral equals, he argues that our interest in successfully negotiating life's ever-shifting contingencies is more basic than our interest in achieving any more specific goals. He argues, also, that the state's obligation to promote this interest supports a principled version of the view that what matters about resources, opportunity, and other secondary goods is only that each person have enough. The book opens up a variety of new questions, and offers a distinctive new perspective for scholars of political theory and political philosophy, and for those interested in distributive justice and luck egalitarianism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: George Sher (Rice University, Houston)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9781107009578ISBN 10: 110700957 Pages: 190 Publication Date: 17 July 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. Reconciling equality and choice; 2. Luck as the absence of control; 3. Equality, responsibility, desert; 4. The monistic turn; 5. Why we are moral equals; 6. Completing the turn; 7. Coping with contingency; 8. Enough is enough; 9. From sufficiency to equality.ReviewsAdvance praise: 'At once a magisterial overview of the field and a deeply original and important contribution, this is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary debates over justice and egalitarianism. Sher's book promises to change the contours of those debates in lasting ways.' David McCabe, Colgate University Author InformationGeorge Sher is Herbert S. Autrey Professor of Philosophy at Rice University. His publications include Desert (1987), Beyond Neutrality: Perfectionism and Politics (Cambridge, 1997) and Who Knew? Responsibility Without Awareness (2009). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |