Distributive Justice and Disability Utilitarianism Against Egalitarianism

Name: Distributive Justice and Disability Utilitarianism Against Egalitarianism
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ISBN: 9780300100570

ISBN-10: 0300100574

ISBN-13: 9780300100570

Edition: 2006

Authors: Mark S. Stein

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Theories of distributive justice are most severely tested in the area of disability. In this book, Mark Stein argues that utilitarianism performs better than egalitarian theories in this area: whereas egalitarian theories help the disabled either too little or too much, utilitarianism achieves the proper balance by placing resources where they will do the most good. Stein offers what may be the broadest critique of egalitarian theory from a utilitarian perspective. He addresses the work of egalitarian theorists John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin, Amartya Sen, Bruce Ackerman, Martha Nussbaum, Norman Daniels, Philippe Van Parijs, and others. Stein claims that egalitarians are often driven to borrow…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 5/15/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.88" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Introduction



Intuitionist Theory and Interpersonal Comparisons



Disability and Welfare



Utilitarianism and Distribution to the Disabled



Egalitarianism and Distribution to the Disabled



Rawls



Dworkin



Ackerman



Welfarism Weighted or Unweighted?



Intuition about Aggregation



Distribution of Life



Conclusion: Philosophy and Policy


Notes


Index