Justice, Institutions, and Luck: The Site, Ground, And Scope Of Equality - Softcover

Tan, Kok-Chor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198701543 ISBN 13: 9780198701545

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Kok-Chor Tan addresses three key questions in egalitarian distributive justice: Where does distributive equality matter?; Why does it matter?; And among whom does it matter? He argues for an institutional site for egalitarian justice, and suggests that the mitigation of arbitrariness or luck is the basis for distributive commitments. He also argues that distributive obligations are global in scope, applying between individuals across borders. Tan's objectives are tripartite: to clarify the basis of an institutional approach to justice; to establish luck egalitarianism as an account of the ground of equality; and to realize the global nature of egalitarian justice. The outcome is 'institutional luck egalitarianism'―a new cosmopolitan position on distributive justice.

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Review:

The book engages with three important questions, and deals with them in great detail and with admirable even-handedness. (Chris Armstrong, Social Theory and Practice)

A welcome contribution to the body of philosophical literature. The strenght of Tan's Justice, Institutions, and Luck is that the book provides an accessible and critical overview of the current debate. (Neelke Doorn, Ethical Perspectives,)

About the Author:

Kok-Chor Tan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. His previous publications include Toleration, Diversity, and Global Justice (2000), and Justice Without Borders (2004). Previous appointments include a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Queen's University, Canada, and a Faculty Fellowship at The Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0198701543
• ISBN 13: 9780198701545
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220