JUSTICE IS NOT EQUALITY

This essay disputes G. A. Cohen's claim that John Rawls's argument for the difference principle involves an argument from moral arbitrariness to equality and then an illicit move away from equality. Moreover, the claim that an argument from moral arbitrariness establishes equality as the e...

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Published in:Ratio (Oxford) 2008-12, Vol.21 (4), p.371-391
Main Author: Arneson, Richard J.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This essay disputes G. A. Cohen's claim that John Rawls's argument for the difference principle involves an argument from moral arbitrariness to equality and then an illicit move away from equality. Moreover, the claim that an argument from moral arbitrariness establishes equality as the essential distributive justice ideal is found wanting.
ISSN:0034-0006
1467-9329
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9329.2008.00409.x