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dc.contributor.author	Scanlon, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-17T15:51:46Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.identifier.citation	Scanlon, Thomas. 2006. Justice, responsibility, and the demands of equality. In The egalitarian conscience: Essays in honour of G.A. Cohen, ed. Christine Sypnowich, 70-87. Oxford: Oxford University Press.	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-19-928168-8	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3294435
dc.description.abstract	This essay considers the disagreement between Cohen and Rawls on the question of whether individuals should be held responsible for their tastes and preferences. It notes the difference in principle, since the primary goods measure of Rawls holds individuals responsible for their choices as to how to deploy these goods, whereas Cohen’s aim is to equalize access to advantage, and thereby the satisfaction of persons, however costly. It is argued that since Cohen concedes that practical matters of application might compromise egalitarian principle, the two thinkers might be, in practice, not that dissimilar.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Philosophy	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxford University Press	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/0199281688.001.0001	en_US
dash.license	LAA
dc.subject	property	en_US
dc.subject	democracy	en_US
dc.subject	duty	en_US
dc.subject	rights	en_US
dc.subject	liberalism	en_US
dc.subject	self-ownership	en_US
dc.subject	incentives	en_US
dc.subject	freedom	en_US
dc.subject	justice	en_US
dc.subject	equality	en_US
dc.subject	responsibility	en_US
dc.subject	John Rawls	en_US
dc.subject	expensive tastes	en_US
dc.subject	choice	en_US
dc.subject	opportunity	en_US
dc.subject	basic institutions	en_US
dc.subject	personal prerogatives	en_US
dc.title	Justice, Responsibility, and the Demands of Equality	en_US
dc.type	Monograph or Book	en_US
dc.description.version	Accepted Manuscript	en_US
dc.relation.journal	The Egalitarian Conscience: Essays in Honour of G.A. Cohen	en_US
dash.depositing.author	Scanlon, Thomas
dc.date.available	2009-09-17T15:51:46Z

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