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Rescuing Justice and Equality / G. A Cohen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674029651
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.01
LOC classification:
  • HM821 -- C65 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- SHORT TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LONG TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- I RESCUING EQUALITY FROM ... -- II RESCUING JUSTICE FROM . . . -- GENERAL APPENDIX: REPLIES TO CRITICS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CREDITS -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX
Summary: In this work of political philosophy, Cohen sets out to rescue the egalitarian thesis that in a society where distributive justice prevails, people's material prospects are roughly equal. Arguing against the Rawlsian version of a just society, Cohen demonstrates that distributive justice does not tolerate deep inequality.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674029651

Frontmatter -- SHORT TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LONG TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- I RESCUING EQUALITY FROM ... -- II RESCUING JUSTICE FROM . . . -- GENERAL APPENDIX: REPLIES TO CRITICS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CREDITS -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX

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In this work of political philosophy, Cohen sets out to rescue the egalitarian thesis that in a society where distributive justice prevails, people's material prospects are roughly equal. Arguing against the Rawlsian version of a just society, Cohen demonstrates that distributive justice does not tolerate deep inequality.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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