"Over the last twenty years, many political philosophers have rejected the idea that justice is fundamentally about distribution. Rather, justice is about social relations, and the so-called distributive paradigm should be replaced by a new relational paradigm. Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen seeks to...

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1. Verfasser:	Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper 1964- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press [2018]
Schlagworte:	Egalitarismus Diskriminierung Ethik Verteilungsgerechtigkeit Philosophie Discrimination / Philosophy Discrimination / Moral and ethical aspects Equality / Philosophy Distributive justice Equality
Zusammenfassung:	"Over the last twenty years, many political philosophers have rejected the idea that justice is fundamentally about distribution. Rather, justice is about social relations, and the so-called distributive paradigm should be replaced by a new relational paradigm. Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen seeks to describe, refine, and assess these thoughts and to propose a comprehensive form of egalitarianism which includes central elements from both relational and distributive paradigms. He shows why many of the challenges that luck egalitarianism faces reappear, once we try to specify relational egalitarianism more fully. His discussion advances understanding of the nature of the relational ideal, and introduces new conceptual tools for understanding it and for exploring the important question of why it is desirable in the first place to relate as equals. Even severe critics of the distributive understanding of justice will find that this book casts important new light on the ideal to which they subscribe"--
Beschreibung:	xiv, 252 pages 24 cm
ISBN:	9781107158900 1107158907