TY - BOOK AU - Cohen,G.A TI - Rescuing Justice and Equality SN - 9780674029651 AV - HM821 -- C65 2008eb U1 - 305.01 PY - 2009///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Communism KW - Equality KW - Social justice KW - Philosophie KW - gnd KW - Gleichheit KW - Gerechtigkeit KW - PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674029651 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674029651.jpg ER -