Sophie de Grouchy on the Problem of Economic Inequality

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ID21395197
AuthorsGetty L Lustila (0000-0003-1076-7902, Universidad del Noreste, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume61
Issue1
Pages112-132
Publication date2023-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Southern Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-4283 • E-ISSN: 2041-6962
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/sjp.12499
OpenAlexW4327621218
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited31

In this article, I consider Grouchy's critique of economic inequality and her proposed solution to what she perceives as this grave social ill. On her view, economic inequality chips away at the bonds of accountability in society and prevents people from seeing one another as moral equals. As a step toward restoring these bonds between people, Grouchy argues that: first, we should expand property ownership, thereby giving each person a stake in the community; second, we should ensure access to education and redirect its aims, to provide people with the necessary tools to reason about the common good. In so doing, Grouchy claims, we can reawaken the sense of accountability that people have to one another in community

Accountability · Economics · Epistemology · Inequality · Law and economics · Political science · Positive economics · Property (philosophy) · Social inequality · Sociology · European Political History Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment

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