Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter?: Volume 19, Part 1 (Social Philosophy and Policy) - Softcover

 
9780521005357: Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter?: Volume 19, Part 1 (Social Philosophy and Policy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521005353 ISBN 13: 9780521005357
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

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.

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Review

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

Book Description

The essays in this volume assess the empirical and theoretical questions raised by inequalities of income and wealth. They consider empirical claims about the amount of equality in modern market economies and they ask if inequality is intrinsically immoral regardless of consequences.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521005353
ISBN 13 
9780521005357
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
384
Editor
Paul Ellen Frankel