Sovereign Virtue The Theory and Practice of Equality

Name: Sovereign Virtue The Theory and Practice of Equality
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ISBN: 9780674008106

ISBN-10: 0674008103

ISBN-13: 9780674008106

Edition: 2000 (Reprint)

Authors: Ronald Dworkin

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Equality is the endangered species of political ideals. Even left-of-centre politicians reject equality as an ideal. In this text, Ronald Dworkin insists, to the contrary, that equality is the indispensable virtue of democratic sovereignty.

Book details

List price: $38.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 3/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 522
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.92" long x 1.24" tall
Weight: 1.870
Language: English

Ronald Dworkin was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University.



Introduction: Does Equality Matter?



Theory



Equality of Welfare



Equality of Resources



The Place of Liberty



Political Equality



Liberal Community



Equality and the Good Life



Equality and Capability



Practice



Justice and the High Cost of Health



Justice, Insurance, and Luck



Free Speech, Politics, and the Dimensions of Democracy



Affirmative Action: Does It Work?



Affirmative Action: Is It Fair?



Playing God: Genes, Clones, and Luck



Sex, Death, and the Courts


Sources


Notes


Index