Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "equality"

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    • Ambivalence About Equality in the United States or, Did Tocqueville Get it Wrong and Why Does that Matter? 

      Hochschild, Jennifer L. (Springer Verlag, 2006)
      Alexis de Tocqueville believed that “democratic peoples’... passion for equality is ardent, insatiable, eternal, and invincible.” This article examines whether and under what conditions residents of the United States ...

    • Justice, Responsibility, and the Demands of Equality 

      Scanlon, Thomas (Oxford University Press, 2006)
      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 ...

    • A Note on the Value of Gender Identification 

      Korsgaard, Christine (Clarendon Press, 1995)
      Engaging with Susan Wolf's question of what role the concept of gender ought to play in an ideal world, Korsgaard argues that gender does not and should not be a deep fact about the identity of human beings. Presumption ...

    • Private Virtues, Public Vices: Governing Philanthropy 

      Saunders-Hastings, Emma Mary (2014-06-06)
      Philanthropy is often considered an unproblematic way for individuals (and especially the rich) to benefit recipients and society by "giving their money away." But philanthropy also gives donors influence and authority, ...

    • The Last Invention of Democracy: Legitimating the Administrative State 

      Havasy, Christopher (2023-09-07)
      The modern administrative state has exceptionally broad powers to generate rules and conduct adjudications that bind, coerce, or even expand, the rights and liberties of every citizen. Despite these powers, contemporary ...

    • Young Children Share the Spoils After Collaboration 

      Warneken, Felix; Lohse, K.; Melis, A. P.; Tomasello, M. (SAGE Publications, 2010)
      Egalitarian behavior is considered to be a species-typical component of human cooperation. Human adults tend to share resources equally, even if they have the opportunity to keep a larger portion for themselves. Recent ...