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Why Inequality Matters Shlomi Segall (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Why Inequality Matters By Shlomi Segall (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Why Inequality Matters by Shlomi Segall (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)


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This book brings together discussions of the moral value of inequality with luck- or responsibility-sensitive accounts of distributive justice to explore and defend the view that inequality is intrinsically bad, and it is bad when and because it leaves some worse off than others through no fault or choice of their own.

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Why Inequality Matters: Luck Egalitarianism, its Meaning and Value by Shlomi Segall (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Equality is a key concept in our moral and political vocabulary. There is wide agreement on its instrumental value and its favourable impact on many aspects of society, but less certainty over whether it has a non-instrumental or intrinsic value that can be demonstrated. In this project, Shlomi Segall explores and defends the view that it does. He argues that the value of equality is not reducible to a concern we might have for the worse off, or to ensuring that individuals do not fall into poverty and destitution; instead he claims that undeserved inequalities, wherever and whenever we might find them, are bad in themselves. Assessing the strength of competing accounts, such as sufficientarianism and prioritarianism, he brings together for the first time discussions of the moral value of equality with luck- or responsibility-sensitive accounts of distributive justice. His book will interest readers in political and moral philosophy.

Why Inequality Matters Reviews

'... this book is a tour de force through the important but dense literature on telic egalitarianism, which makes it required reading for anyone interested in this area.' Adina Preda, Ethics

About Shlomi Segall (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Shlomi Segall is an associate professor at the Program in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of Health, Luck, and Justice (2010) and Equality and Opportunity (2013).

Table of Contents

Part I. Egalitarianism: 1. The variety of objections to equality; 2. Why inequality matters; 3. When does inequality matter?; 4. Who is inequality bad for?; Part II. Alternatives to Egalitarianism: 5. What is the point of sufficiency?; 6. Prioritarianism and the person-affecting view; 7. Prioritarianism and time; Part III. Chances and Choices: 8. Should egalitarians care about chances?; 9. The badness of voluntary inequalities.

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NLS9781107570313
9781107570313
110757031X
Why Inequality Matters: Luck Egalitarianism, its Meaning and Value by Shlomi Segall (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
New
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2019-01-03
266
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