New Perspectives on Distributive Justice: Deep Disagreements, Pluralism, and the Problem of Consensus

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New Perspectives on Distributive Justice

Deep Disagreements, Pluralism, and the Problem of Consensus

Edited by: Manuel Knoll , Stephen Snyder and Nurdane Şimsek

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

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Distributive justice is one of the most discussed topics in political philosophy. Focusing on the plurality of irreconcilable conceptions of social and political justice, this book presents an array of new perspectives on the topic. Bringing together 30 original essays of well-established and young international scholars, the volume is essential reading for anyone interested in social and political justice.

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M. Knoll, Istanbul Şehir University; N. Şimşek, Istanbul University; S. Snyder, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul.

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Philosophy Political Philosophy and Social Philosophy

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction: Two Opposing Conceptions of Distributive Justice Manuel Knoll, Stephen Snyder and Nurdane Şimşek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Part I: Deep Disagreements
Deep Disagreements on Social and Political Justice: Their Meta-Ethical Relevance and the Need for a New Research Perspective Manuel Knoll Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
Are There Irreconcilable Conceptions of Justice? Critical Remarks on Isaiah Berlin Ulrich Steinvorth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
Equality beyond Liberal Egalitarianism: Walzer’s Contribution to the Theory of Justice Michael Haus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	71
Stuart Hampshire and the Case for Procedural Justice Giovanni Giorgini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	91
Public Reason in Circumstances of Pluralism Bertjan Wolthuis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	109
Does Rawls’s First Principle of Justice Allow for Consensus? A Note Manuel Knoll and Nurdane Şimşek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
Part II: Ancient Perspectives and Critiques of the Centrality of Justice
Aristotle on Natural Right Francisco L. Lisi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
What Is “Just in Distribution” in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and Politics – Too Much Justice, Too Little Right Eckart Schütrumpf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
Justice in Ethics and Political Philosophy: A Fundamental Critique Christoph Horn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
Justicitis Chandran Kukathas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	187
Part III: The Problem of Consensus
Rawls on Overlapping Disagreement and the Problem of Reconciliation Alberto L. Siani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
Public Reason, Compromise within Consensus, and Legitimacy Chong-Ming Lim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	225
From Consensus to Modus Vivendi? Pluralistic Approaches to the Challenge of Moral Diversity and Conflict Ulrike Spohn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	243
What Bonds Citizens in a Pluralistic Democracy? Probing Mouffe’s Notion of a Conflictual Consensus Manon Westphal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	259
Citizenship, Community, and the Rule of Law: With or Without Consensus? Michał Rupniewski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	275
Political Liberalism: The Burdens of Judgement and Moral Psychology Peter Caven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	291
Part IV: Expanding the Perspective on Obligations
John Rawls and Claims of Climate Justice: Tensions and Prospects Angela Kallhoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	311
Assistance, Emergency Relief and the Duty Not to Harm – Rawls’ and Cosmopolitan Approaches to Distributive Justice Combined Annette Förster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	329
Global Collective Obligations, Just International Institutions and Pluralism Bill Wringe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	345
Intergenerational Justice in the Age of Genetic Manipulation Stephen Snyder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	361
Part V: Diversifying the Perspective
The Contours of Toleration: A Relational Account Kok-Chor Tan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	385
Constructing Public Distributive Justice: On the Method of Functionalist Moral Theory Chad Van Schoelandt and Gerald Gaus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	403
Respect as an Object of Equal Distribution? Opacity, Individual Recognition and Second-Personal Authority Elena Irrera Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	423
Responsibility and Justice: Beyond Moral Egalitarianism and Rational Consensus Maria Dimitrova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	441
Habermas’s and Rawls’s Postsecular Modesty Tom Bailey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	449
Part VI: The Difference Principle
A Defense of the Difference Principle beyond Rawls Peter Koller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	469
Marxist Critiques of the Difference Principle Aysel Demir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	487
Part VII: The Economic Perspective: Adam Smith
Justice, Equity, and Distribution: Adam Smith’s Answer to John Rawls’s Difference Principle Jeffrey Young Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	505
Statism and Distributive Injustice in Adam Smith Barry Stocker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	523
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	541
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	545
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	551

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eBook published on:

November 19, 2018

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9783110537369

Hardcover published on:

November 19, 2018

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9783110535877

Paperback published on:

July 6, 2020

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9783110710236

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10

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563

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110537369

eBook ISBN: 9783110537369

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110535877

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Rawls; John; social justice; pluralism

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Scholars, institutes, libraries (social and political philosophy; social studies).

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