Responsibility, Luck, and the ‘Equality of what?’ Debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6345848 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matt Matravers (0000-0003-3064-0618, University of York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 558-572 |
| Publication date | 2002-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9248.00385 |
| OpenAlex | W1985680841 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 20 |
Ronald Dworkin's recently published book, Sovereign Virtue (hereafter SV), appeals to arguments that are popular within, and ideas that are fundamental to, liberal egalitarianism. These arguments and ideas need to be distinguished and unpacked. The purpose of this paper is partly to do this and to cast doubt on the adequacy of various moves made by Dworkin. In addition, and more importantly I argue that the analysis of the ‘equality of what?’ debate reveals a tension at the heart of contemporary liberal egalitarianism between the Kantian aspiration to eliminate luck and the contemporary aspiration to do political philosophy without metaphysics
Economics · Egalitarianism · Epistemology · Law and economics · Liberalism · Luck · Metaphysics · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Sovereignty · Virtue · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · War, Ethics, and Justification
CHAPTER 16 Responsibility
Equality and diversityValue incommensurability and the politics of recognition
Ronald Dworkin
Levelling the Playing Field
The Metaphysical Case for Luck Egalitarianism
Fairness, Responsibility, and Welfare
Collective responsibility and national responsibility
Making Justice Sensitive to Responsibility
Resources versus Capabilities
Choice, Responsibility and Equality
Problems with Responsibility
Earned citizenship and fairness
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Responsibility and Control
Ruling Passions
The impossibility of moral responsibility
Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person
What Is the Point of Equality?
Commodities and capabilities
Equality of Resources and Equality of Welfare
A Theory of Justice
Sovereign Virtue
On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice
Reasons and Responsibility
On G.A. Cohen, Ronald Dworkin and John Roemer
Shame and Necessity
Principles of Social Justice
Objectivity and Truth
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2024 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |