Equality and Distributive Justice

Philosophy 45 (172):140 - 148 (1970)
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One of the most influential appeals in disputes concerning distributive justice is the appeal to the value of equality. However, the concept of equality is one of the vaguest concepts in social philosophy and philosophical discussions of equality are notorious for their ambiguity. The purpose of this paper is to formulate concisely and then to evaluate the adequacy of four egalitarian formulas and a four-step egalitarian position for achieving distributive justice

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On Inequality and Violence, and the Differences we make between them.Ted Honderich - 1974 - Royal Institute of Philosophy Lectures 8:46-82.

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