Justice, Institutions, and Luck: The Site, Ground, and Scope of Equality - Hardcover

Tan, Kok-Chor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199588856 ISBN 13: 9780199588855

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

"Tan's book is exceptionally clear, thoughtful, and innovative, and it should not be ignored by anyone interested in egalitarianism and distributive justice more generally." -- Ethics

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199588856
• ISBN 13: 9780199588855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208