Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter? (Social Philosophy and Policy)
Contributors: Ellen Frankel Paul (Editor); Fred D. Miller (Editor); Jeffrey Paul (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 28, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780521005357
Subjects: Social & political philosophy; Moral and ethical aspects; Economics - Macroeconomics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business & Economics; Marketing - General; Business/Economics; Income distribution; Equality; Economic Conditions; General; Income distribution--Moral and ethical aspects; Philosophy / General; Social justice
First sentence: A central idea of contemporary philosophical egalitarianism's theory of justice is that involuntary inequalities or disadvantages-those that arise through no choice or fault of one's own-should be minimized or rectified in some way.