| Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter?: Volume 19, Part 1 Contributor(s): Paul, Ellen Frankel (Editor), Miller, Fred D., Jr. (Editor), Paul, Jeffrey (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521005353 ISBN-13: 9780521005357 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $31.34 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2002 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics - Political Science | Political Economy - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 339.2 |
| LCCN: 2001043944 |
| Series: Social Philosophy and Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 8.96" (1.13 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The essays in this volume assess the empirical and theoretical questions raised by inequalities of income and wealth. Some consider empirical claims about the amount of equality in modern market economies, assessing the allegation that income and wealth have become more unequally distributed in the past quarter-century. Others consider the extent to which various government initiatives can ameliorate the problems inequality putatively poses. They consider which standards of equality meet the requirements of distributive justice. They also ask if inequality is intrinsically immoral, regardless of its consequences. |