Spheres Of Justice: A Defense Of Pluralism And EqualityThe distinguished political philosopher and author of the widely acclaimed Just and Unjust Wars analyzes how society distributes not just wealth and power but other social “goods” like honor, education, work, free time—even love. |
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User Review - aitastaes - LibraryThingWalzer argues in favour of an idea he calls "complex equality", and against the view that goods with different meaning and content can be lumped together into the larger category of primary goods, as is advocated by John Rawls, in his A Theory of Justice (1971). Read full review
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User Review - DromJohn - LibraryThingReal world philosophy rather than the ivory tower justice of Rawls, Walzer separates the world into spheres where justice is distributed differently in each sphere, with many real world examples ... Read full review
Contents
Membership | 31 |
Security and Welfare | 64 |
Fair Shares | 75 |
An American Welfare State | 84 |
A Note on Charity and Dependency | 91 |
What Money Cant Buy | 97 |
What Money Can Buy | 103 |
The Determination of Wages | 116 |
Professionalism and the Insolence of Office | 155 |
Hard Work | 165 |
Free Time | 184 |
Education | 197 |
Kinship and Love | 227 |
Divine Grace | 243 |
Political Power | 281 |
Democratic Citizenship | 303 |
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Page 19 - In formal terms, complex equality means that no citizen's standing in one sphere or with regard to one social good can be undercut by his standing in some other sphere, with regard to some other good. Thus, citizen X may be chosen over citizen Y for political office, and then the two of them will be unequal in the sphere of politics. But they will not be unequal generally so long as X's office gives him no advantages over Y in any other sphere — superior medical care, access to better schools for...
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| Title | Spheres Of Justice: A Defense Of Pluralism And Equality |
| Author | Michael Walzer |
| Publisher | Basic Books, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0786724390, 9780786724390 |
| Length | 364 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / American Government / National |
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