Christine Sypnowich (ed.)

The Egalitarian Conscience

Essays in Honour of G. A. Cohen
Herausgeber: Sypnowich, Christine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"The Egalitarian Conscience" pays tribute to the highly influential work of Professor G. A. Cohen. Professor Cohen is a philosopher of international stature and tremendous achievement, who has been vital to the flourishing of egalitarian political philosophy. He has a significant body of work spanning issues of Marxism and distributive justice, consistently characterized by original ideas and ingenious arguments. The high standard of rigour he sets for progressive thinkers, particularly himself, has been a source of inspiration for colleagues and students alike. The volume honours Professor Cohen with first-rate essays on a number of significant and fascinating topics, reflecting the wide-ranging themes of Professor Cohen's work, but united in their concern for questions of social justice, pluralism, equality, and moral duty. The contributors are scholars of international stature: Joshua Cohen, Jon Elster, Susan Hurley, Will Kymlicka, Derek Parfit, John Roemer, T. M. Scanlon, Samuel Scheffler, Hillel Steiner, and Jeremy Waldron. There is an afterword by G. A. Cohen.

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Bringing together many of the world's leading political philosophers, this engaging volume reflects the wide-ranging themes in the work of G. A. Cohen. The volume contains essays on a number of key topics, united by questions of social justice, pluralism, equality, and moral duty.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 164mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780199281688
• ISBN-10: 0199281688
• Artikelnr.: 22023967

Autorenporträt

Christine Sypnowich, Professor of Philosophy at Queen's University, Ontario

Contributors: Christine Sypnowich Will Kymlicka Jon Elster Derek Parfit T. M. Scanlon Hillel Steiner Samuel Scheffler Susan Hurley Jeremy Waldron Christine Sypnowich John Roemer Joshua Cohen G.A. Cohen Links to web resources and related information

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: G.A. Cohen's Egalitarian Conscience
* 1: Will Kymlicka: Left-Liberalism Revisited
* 2: Jon Elster: Throwing a Veil Over Equality: Equality and Hypocrisy
in the Revolutionary Era
* 3: Derek Parfit: Kant's Arguments for his Formula of Universal Law
* 4: T. M. Scanlon: Justice, Responsibility, and the Demands of
Equality
* 5: Hillel Steiner: Self-Ownership and Conscription
* 6: Samuel Scheffler: Is the Basic Structure Basic?
* 7: Susan Hurley: Choice and Incentive Equality
* 8: Jeremy Waldron: Mr. Morgan's Yacht
* 9: Christine Sypnowich: Begging
* 10: John Roemer: Impartiality, Solidarity, and Distributive Justice
* 11: Joshua Cohen: Is There a Human Right to Democracy?
* 12: G.A. Cohen: Thanks