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Title: Justice beyond equality.(Rescuing Justice and Equality)(Book review)
Author: Jonathan Quong
Publication: Social Theory and Practice (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2010
Publisher: Social Theory and Practice-Florida State University
Volume: 36 Issue: 2 Page: 315(26)
Article Type: Book review
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Cohen, G. A. Rescuing Justice and Equality.(Book review): An article from: The Review of Metaphysics
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Title: Cohen, G. A. Rescuing Justice and Equality.(Book review)
Author: David Rondel
Publication: The Review of Metaphysics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2010
Publisher: Philosophy Education Society, Inc.
Volume: 64 Issue: 1 Page: 137(2)
Article Type: Book review
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Justice, Equality and Constructivism: Essays on G. A. Cohen’s Rescuing Justice and Equality (Ratio Special Issues)
This collection critically engages with a number of recurrent themes from the work of G.A. Cohen, and most especially with arguments and positions advanced in his Rescuing Justice and Equality.
- A critical discussion of the work of the contemporary political theorist G.A. Cohen, an egalitarian and a critic of John Rawls
- Offers a critical perspective on his significant work on equality and constructivism, including his eagerly anticipated new book Rescuing Justice and Equality
- The contributors to this volume are noted for their own work on these topics
- Challenges Cohenâ??s view of the centrality of equality to justice, of the scope for free choice of occupation and economic incentives, as well as his view that fundamental principles of justice are insensitive to facts
Rescuing Justice and Equality
Rescuing Justice and Equality
In this stimulating work of political philosophy, acclaimed philosopher G. A. Cohen sets out to rescue the egalitarian thesis that in a society in which distributive justice prevails, peopleâ??s material prospects are roughly equal. Arguing against the Rawlsian version of a just society, Cohen demonstrates that distributive justice does not tolerate deep inequality.
In the course of providing a deep and sophisticated critique of Rawlsâ??s theory of justice, Cohen demonstrates that questions of distributive justice arise not only for the state but also for people in their daily lives. The right rules for the macro scale of public institutions and policies also apply, with suitable adjustments, to the micro level of individual decision-making.
Cohen also charges Rawlsâ??s constructivism with systematically conflating the concept of justice with other concepts. Within the Rawlsian architectonic, justice is not distinguished either from other values or from optimal rules of social regulation. The elimination of those conflations brings justice closer to equality.