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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instanceOf academic article
philosophical essay
academicDiscipline philosophy
addresses equality of what question
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
simple resource-based accounts of equality
examines advantage as a possible currency of justice
opportunities as a possible currency of justice
resources as a possible currency of justice
welfare as a possible currency of justice
field moral philosophy
normative ethics
political philosophy
focusesOn what should count as the currency of egalitarian justice
hasGenre analytic philosophy
hasNotableConcept currency of egalitarian justice
distinction between different metrics of equality
egalitarian distribution of advantage
influenced contemporary egalitarian theory
debates on distributive justice
luck egalitarianism
influencedBy John Rawls NERFINISHED
Ronald Dworkin NERFINISHED
resource egalitarianism
welfarism
intendedAudience academic philosophers
students of political theory
language English
mainTopic currency of egalitarian justice
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? NERFINISHED
What is Equality? Part 1: Equality of Welfare NERFINISHED
What is Equality? Part 2: Equality of Resources NERFINISHED

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