Jan Narveson, James P. Sterba

Are Liberty and Equality Compatible?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Are the political ideals of liberty and equality compatible? In this book, two distinguished philosophers take up the debate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780521883825
• ISBN-10: 0521883822
• Artikelnr.: 28532964

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Equality is Compatible and Required by Liberty: 1. The practical requirements of an ideal of negative liberty
2. Other attempts to show that libertarians should accept welfare or equality
3. Objections from libertarians to my argument from liberty to equality
4. My argument again and its future prospects
Part II. Liberty is Incompatible with the Right to Equality: 5. The issue framed
6. The 'Social Contract' approach to moral philosophy
7. The grounds for welfarism considered
8. Conclusion
Part III. Responses: 9. Response to Narveson
10. Response to Sterba.