In our lives, we aim to achieve welfare for ourselves, that is, to live good lives. But we also have another, more impartial perspective, where we aim to balance our concern for our own welfare against a concern for the welfare of others. This is a perspective of justice. Nils Holtug examines these two perspectives and the relations between them.
In our lives, we aim to achieve welfare for ourselves, that is, to live good lives. But we also have another, more impartial perspective, where we aim to balance our concern for our own welfare against a concern for the welfare of others. This is a perspective of justice. Nils Holtug examines these two perspectives and the relations between them.
Nils Holtug, Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Copenhagen. He is presently working on a book titled The Politics of Social Cohesion. Immigration, Community and Justice (under contract with Oxford University Press). His books include Persons, Interests, and Justice (OUP 2010) and Nationalism and Multiculturalism in a World of Immigration (co-edited with K. Lippert-Rasmussen and S. Lægaard, Palgrave Macmillan 2009).
Inhaltsangabe
1: Introduction Part I. Prudence 2: Self-interest 3: Personal Identity 4: What Matters 5: On the Value of Coming into Existence Part II. Justice 6: Welfarism 7: Egalitarianism 8: Prioritarianism 9: Population Ethics 10: Metaphysics and Justice Bibliography
1: Introduction Part I. Prudence 2: Self-interest 3: Personal Identity 4: What Matters 5: On the Value of Coming into Existence Part II. Justice 6: Welfarism 7: Egalitarianism 8: Prioritarianism 9: Population Ethics 10: Metaphysics and Justice Bibliography
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