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Equality and Liberty

Analyzing Rawls and Nozick

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  • © 1991

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  1. J. Angelo Corlett

    1. University of Arizona, USA

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • J. Angelo Corlett
      Pages 1-7

  3. Analyzing Rawls

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Kant and Rawls: Contrasting Conceptions of Moral Theory

      • Joseph M. Grcic
      Pages 11-18

    3. Rawls on Natural Inequality

      • Michael Gorr
      Pages 19-36

    4. Discussions Defining the Least Advantaged

      • Roy C. Weatherford
      Pages 37-45

    5. Principles for Individual Actions

      • Burleigh T. Wilkins, Kelly M. Zelikovitz
      Pages 46-65

    6. Rawls and Ownership: the Forgotten Category of Reproductive Labor

      • Sibyl Schwarzenbach
      Pages 66-89

    7. Reflective Equilibrium and Archimedean Points

      • Norman Daniels
      Pages 90-109

    8. The Claims of Reflective Equilibrium

      • Joseph Raz
      Pages 110-135

    9. What is Wrong with Reflective Equilibria?

      • D. W. Haslett
      Pages 136-144

    10. Justice as Fairness: Political Not Metaphysical

      • John Rawls
      Pages 145-173

    11. Does Ambiguity Lurk Behind the Veil of Ignorance in Rawls’ Original Position?

      • J. Angelo Corlett
      Pages 174-195

    12. Rawlsian Constructivism in Moral Theory

      • David O. Brink
      Pages 196-216

    13. Capitalism, Socialism, and Justice: Reflections on Rawls’ Theory of Justice

      • Kai Nielsen
      Pages 217-241

  4. Analyzing Nozick

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. Stability and Utopia; A Critique of Nozick’s Framework Argument

      • Mark Fowler
      Pages 245-260

    3. Has Nozick Justified the State?

      • Charles Sayward, Wayne Wasserman
      Pages 261-267

    4. Nozick and the Individualist Anarchist

      • Fredric C. Young
      Pages 268-275

    5. Nozick’s Argument for the Legitimacy of the Welfare State

      • Michael Davis
      Pages 276-297
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Equality and Liberty: Analysing Rawls and Nozick is an indispensable source for those seriously interested in some rigorous assessments of the ideas of America's two most popular political philosophers. The essays in this volume cover a wide range of topics, some engaging each other in their analyses of particular Rawlsian or Nozickian themes. This collection of recent essays brings the student up-to-date concerning some of the more recent developments and assessments of Rawlsian and Nozickian ideas.

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  • University of Arizona, USA

    J. Angelo Corlett

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J. ANGELO CORLETT is a Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Arizona. He previously taught philosophy at the University of Louisville, Santa Barbara City College and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of numerous articles on social/political philosophy, ethics and epistemology.

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