ISBN:
9780190084271
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (336 pages).
Series Statement:
Oxford political philosophy
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.372
Keywords:
Social justice
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Equality
;
Social status
;
Discrimination Moral and ethical aspects
;
Liberalism
;
Equality
;
Social status
;
Social justice
;
Discrimination Moral and ethical aspects
;
Liberalism
Abstract:
This resource delivers the first comprehensive development of a liberal conception of relational equality as a demand of social justice. Liberal egalitarian theories holding that justice requires a form of distributive equality in goods such as resources have been dominant for much of the last 50 years. Recently they have been subject to critique by relational egalitarians, who hold that the value of equality does not primarily require that people receive equal shares of some good, but that they relate as social equals, unencumbered by hierarchies of power and social status.
Abstract:
"Why does equality matter, as a social and political value, and what does it require? Relational egalitarians argue that it does not primarily require that people receive equal distributive shares of some good, but that they relate as equals. This book develops a liberal conception of relational equality, which understands relations of non-domination and egalitarians norms of social status as stringent demands of social justice. First, it argues that expressing respect for the freedom and equality of individuals in social cooperation requires stringent protections against domination; develops a substantive, liberal conception of non-domination; and argues that non-domination is a particularly important, but not the only, concern of social justice. These features set it apart from, and provide it with crucial advantages over, neo-republican accounts of non-domination. Second, the book develops an account of the wrongness of inegalitarian norms of social status, which shows how status-induced foreclosure of important social opportunities is a social injustice in its own right, over and above the role of status inequality in enabling domination, and the threats it poses to individuals' self-respect. Finally, it works out the implications of liberal relational egalitarianism for political, economic, and health justice, showing that it demands, in practice, far-reaching forms of equality in all three domains. In so doing, the book draws on, and brings together, several different literatures: on social justice and liberalism, distributive and relational equality, the distinct value of social equality, and neo-republicanism and non-domination"--
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 24, 2021)
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780190084240.001.0001
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