Equality is the endangered species of political ideas. Even left-of-centre politicians reject equality as an ideal: government must combat poverty, they say, but need not strive that its citizens be equal in any dimension. In this new book the author insists, to the contrary, that equality is the indispensable virtue of democratic sovereignty. A legitimate government must treat all its citizens as equals, that is, with equal respect and concern, and, since the economic distribution that any society achieves is mainly the consequence of its system of law and policy, that requirement imposes serious egalitarian constraints on that distribution. What distribution of a nation's wealth is demanded by equal concern for all? Dworkin draws upon two fundamental humanist principles - first, it is of equal objective importance that all human lives flourish, and second, each person is responsible for defining and achieving the flourishing of his or her own life - to ground his well-known thesis that true equality means equality in the value of the resources that each person commands, not in the success he or she achieves. Equality, freedom, and individual responsibility are therefore not in conflict, but flow from and into one another as facets of the same humanist conception of life and politics. Since no abstract political theory can be understood except in the context of actual and complex political issues, the author develops his thesis by applying it to heated contemporary controversies about the distribution of health care, unemployment benefits, campaign finance reform, affirmative action, assisted suicide, and genetic engineering.
發表於2024-12-27
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【Kymlicka在《當代政治哲學》序言中就將平等關切或平等待人的概念置於統帥性的位置:各派的理論,都可被看做是對平等待人或平等關切這一根本性的政治道德的詮釋。Dworkin自己將平等關切詮釋為資源平等,並且在這種詮釋中,將資源平等與自由協調在平等關切之中,建構瞭自由與...
評分【Kymlicka在《當代政治哲學》序言中就將平等關切或平等待人的概念置於統帥性的位置:各派的理論,都可被看做是對平等待人或平等關切這一根本性的政治道德的詮釋。Dworkin自己將平等關切詮釋為資源平等,並且在這種詮釋中,將資源平等與自由協調在平等關切之中,建構瞭自由與...
評分【Kymlicka在《當代政治哲學》序言中就將平等關切或平等待人的概念置於統帥性的位置:各派的理論,都可被看做是對平等待人或平等關切這一根本性的政治道德的詮釋。Dworkin自己將平等關切詮釋為資源平等,並且在這種詮釋中,將資源平等與自由協調在平等關切之中,建構瞭自由與...
評分【Kymlicka在《當代政治哲學》序言中就將平等關切或平等待人的概念置於統帥性的位置:各派的理論,都可被看做是對平等待人或平等關切這一根本性的政治道德的詮釋。Dworkin自己將平等關切詮釋為資源平等,並且在這種詮釋中,將資源平等與自由協調在平等關切之中,建構瞭自由與...
評分【Kymlicka在《當代政治哲學》序言中就將平等關切或平等待人的概念置於統帥性的位置:各派的理論,都可被看做是對平等待人或平等關切這一根本性的政治道德的詮釋。Dworkin自己將平等關切詮釋為資源平等,並且在這種詮釋中,將資源平等與自由協調在平等關切之中,建構瞭自由與...
圖書標籤: 政治哲學 德沃金 英文 Philosophy 法律 政治責任 政治學 倫理學
Worthwhile attempt to interpret equality through market approach. Not very reader-friendly though.
評分How can you equalize the circumstances comprising of natural endowments and ability derived from which, when still defending the integrity of "person"? after all, how can u separate the "capability to make choice" and "capability derived from natural endowment "
評分Worthwhile attempt to interpret equality through market approach. Not very reader-friendly though.
評分Worthwhile attempt to interpret equality through market approach. Not very reader-friendly though.
評分How can you equalize the circumstances comprising of natural endowments and ability derived from which, when still defending the integrity of "person"? after all, how can u separate the "capability to make choice" and "capability derived from natural endowment "
Sovereign Virtue 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載