Why Does Inequality Matter? Scanlon T. M. Harvard University Pevná vazba
Why Does Inequality Matter? Scanlon T. M. Harvard University Pevná vazba Inequality is widely regarded as morally objectionable: T. M. Demands for greater equality can seem puzzling, because it can…
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Why Does Inequality Matter? Scanlon T. M. Harvard University Pevná vazba
Inequality is widely regarded as morally objectionable: T. M. Demands for greater equality can seem puzzling, because it can be unclear what reason people have for objecting to the difference between what they have and what others have, as opposed simply to wanting to be better off. Scanlon investigates why it matters to us.
Inequality can be objectionable because it arises from a failure of some agent to give equal concern to the interests of different parties to whom it is obligated to provide some good. This book examines six such reasons. It can be objectionable because it involves or gives rise to objectionable inequalities in status.
It can be objectionable because it gives the rich unacceptable forms of control over the lives of those who have less. It can be objectionable because it interferes with the procedural fairness of economic institutions, or because it deprives some
Why Does Inequality Matter?