Westmoreland Pojman – författare

Louis Pojman and Robert Westmorland have compiled the best material on the subject of equality, ranging from classical works by Aristotle, Hobbes and Rousseau to contemporary works by John Rawls, Thomas Nagel, Michael Walzer, Harry Frankfurt, Bernard Williams and Robert Nozick; and including such topics as: the concept of equality; equal opportunity; Welfare egalitarianism; resources; equal human rights and complex equality.CONTENTS: Introduction: The Nature and Value of EqualityI. Classical Readings:1. Aristotle: Justice and Equality2. Thomas Hobbes: Equality in the State of Nature3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: On the Origins of Inequality4. David Hume: On Justice and Equality5. Francis-Noel Babeuf and Sylvain Marechal: The Manifesto of EqualityII. On the concept of Equality Itself6. Felix E. Oppenheim: Egalitarianism as a Descriptive Concept7. Dennis McKerlie: Equality and Time8. Larry Temkin: InequalityIII. General Considerations 9. Immanuel Kant: Groundwork for a Metaphysic of Morals10. Robert Nozick: Justice Does Not Imply Equality11. J.R. Lucas: Against Equality12. Stanley I. Benn: Egalitarianism and the Equal Consideration of Interests13. Gregory Vlastos: Justice and EqualityIV. Equal Opportunity14. John Schaar: Equality of Opportunity and Beyond15. James Fishkin: Liberty versus Equal Opportunity16. Peter Westen: the concept of Equal Opportunity17. Robert Nozick: Life is not a Race18. William Galston: A Liberal Defense of Equal OpportunityV. The Contemporary Debate on the Nature and Value of Equality19. John Rawls: Equality and Desert20. Wallace Matson: Justice: A Funeral Oration21. Kai Nielson: Radical Welfare Egalitarianism22. R.M. Hare: A Utilitarian Defense of Equality23. Richard Arneson: Equality and Equal Opportunity for Welfare24. Eric Rakowski: A Critique of Welfare Egalitarianism25. Thomas Nagel: Equality and Partiality26. Harry Frankfurt: Equality as a Moral Ideal27. Eric Rakowski: A Defense of Resource Equality28. Louis Pojman: On Equal Human Worth: A Critique of Contemporary Egalitarianism29. Michael Walzer: Complex EqualityAppendix30. Kurt Vonnegut: Harrison BergeronBibliography