On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice
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On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice is a highly influential philosophical essay by G. A. Cohen that analyzes what should properly count as the “currency” of egalitarian justice, such as welfare, resources, or opportunities.
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| On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
academic article
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philosophical essay ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| addresses |
equality of what question
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interpersonal comparisons of advantage ⓘ |
| argues | that egalitarian justice must identify a single appropriate currency of distribution ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Oxford political philosophy ⓘ |
| author | G. A. Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedAs | highly influential in contemporary political philosophy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
pure welfarist accounts of equality
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simple resource-based accounts of equality ⓘ |
| examines |
advantage as a possible currency of justice
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opportunities as a possible currency of justice ⓘ resources as a possible currency of justice ⓘ welfare as a possible currency of justice ⓘ |
| field |
moral philosophy
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normative ethics ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| focusesOn | what should count as the currency of egalitarian justice ⓘ |
| hasGenre | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| hasNotableConcept |
currency of egalitarian justice
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distinction between different metrics of equality ⓘ egalitarian distribution of advantage ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary egalitarian theory
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debates on distributive justice ⓘ luck egalitarianism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Rawls
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Ronald Dworkin NERFINISHED ⓘ resource egalitarianism ⓘ welfarism ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
academic philosophers
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students of political theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
currency of egalitarian justice
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distributive justice ⓘ egalitarian justice ⓘ |
| partOf | debate on equality of resources versus equality of welfare ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | egalitarianism ⓘ |
| publicationType | journal article ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Ethics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Equality of What?
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What is Equality? Part 1: Equality of Welfare NERFINISHED ⓘ What is Equality? Part 2: Equality of Resources NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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