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Justice, Institutions, and Luck Kok-Chor Tan (University of Pennsylvania)

Justice, Institutions, and Luck By Kok-Chor Tan (University of Pennsylvania)

Justice, Institutions, and Luck by Kok-Chor Tan (University of Pennsylvania)


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Kok-Chor Tan addresses three key questions in political philosophy: Where does distributive equality matter? Why does it matter? And among whom does it matter? He argues for an institutional site for egalitarian justice, a luck-egalitarian ideal of why equality matters, and a global scope for distributive justice.

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Justice, Institutions, and Luck: The Site, Ground, and Scope of Equality by Kok-Chor Tan (University of Pennsylvania)

Kok-Chor Tan addresses three key questions in egalitarian distributive justice: Where does distributive equality matter?; Why does it matter?; And among whom does it matter? He argues for an institutional site for egalitarian justice, and suggests that the mitigation of arbitrariness or luck is the basis for distributive commitments. He also argues that distributive obligations are global in scope, applying between individuals across borders. Tan's objectives are tripartite: to clarify the basis of an institutional approach to justice; to establish luck egalitarianism as an account of the ground of equality; and to realize the global nature of egalitarian justice. The outcome is 'institutional luck egalitarianism'-a new cosmopolitan position on distributive justice.

Justice, Institutions, and Luck Reviews

The book engages with three important questions, and deals with them in great detail and with admirable even-handedness. * Chris Armstrong, Social Theory and Practice *
A welcome contribution to the body of philosophical literature. The strenght of Tan's Justice, Institutions, and Luck is that the book provides an accessible and critical overview of the current debate. * Neelke Doorn, Ethical Perspectives, *

About Kok-Chor Tan (University of Pennsylvania)

Kok-Chor Tan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. His previous publications include Toleration, Diversity, and Global Justice (2000), and Justice Without Borders (2004). Previous appointments include a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Queen's University, Canada, and a Faculty Fellowship at The Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements ; 1. Introduction ; PART I. INSTITUTIONS ; 2. Institutions and Justice ; 3. Evading the Demands of Justice ; PART II. LUCK ; 4. Luck Egalitarianism: A Modest Account ; 5. Defending Luck Egalitarianism ; PART III. GLOBAL JUSTICE ; 6. Global Institutions and Justice ; 7. The Arbitrariness of Nationality ; 8. Clarifications and Conclusions ; Bibliography ; Index

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CIN0198701543G
9780198701545
0198701543
Justice, Institutions, and Luck: The Site, Ground, and Scope of Equality by Kok-Chor Tan (University of Pennsylvania)
Used - Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
2014-02-27
222
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