The Egalitarian Conscience

The Egalitarian Conscience
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9780199281688
ISBN-13 : 0199281688
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Book Synopsis The Egalitarian Conscience by : Gerald Allan Cohen

Download or read book The Egalitarian Conscience written by Gerald Allan Cohen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006-04-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Egalitarian Conscience pays tribute to the highly influential work of Professor G. A. Cohen. Professor Cohen is a philosopher of international stature and tremendous achievement, who has been vital to the flourishing of egalitarian political philosophy. He has a significant body of work spanning issues of Marxism and distributive justice, consistently characterized by original ideas and ingenious arguments. The high standard of rigour he sets for progressive thinkers,particularly himself, has been a source of inspiration for colleagues and students alike.The volume honours Professor Cohen with first-rate essays on a number of significant and fascinating topics, reflecting the wide-ranging themes of Professor Cohen's work, but united in their concern for questions of social justice, pluralism, equality, and moral duty. The contributors are scholars of international stature: Joshua Cohen, Jon Elster, Susan Hurley, Will Kymlicka, Derek Parfit, John Roemer, T. M. Scanlon, Samuel Scheffler, Hillel Steiner, and Jeremy Waldron. There is an afterwordby G. A. Cohen.


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