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Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter?: Volume 19, Part 1

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter?: Volume 19, Part 1
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Ellen Frankel Paul
Edited by Fred D. Miller, Jr
Edited by Jeffrey Paul
SeriesSocial Philosophy and Policy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 154
Category/GenreSocial and political philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9780521005357
ClassificationsDewey:339.201
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 28 January 2002
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Is there a moral obligation to reduce differences in income and wealth? There is an egalitarian tradition that condemns these differences, particularly as they arise in free-market capitalist society, as unfair or unjust. The opponents of this view argue that the material disparities of capitalist society have been brought about by voluntary mechanisms and thus accord with the freely exercised liberties of its citizens. They conclude that capitalist inequality is not vulnerable to the ethical complaints of its critics. They maintain that the standard of living achieved as a by-product of the marketplace and its inequalities could not be adequately reproduced under egalitarian institutions. The essays in this volume, written by prominent economists, philosophers, and academic lawyers, assess the empirical and theoretical questions raised by inequalities of income and wealth.

Reviews

'This book is a good initiation for theologians, or any others who want to engage in serious economic debate.' The Heythrop Journal