Equality

Organized around such themes as equality before the law, equality of opportunity, and equality of result, the selections included in this anthology range from Plato to the present, treating a topic of fundamental importance to political theory. North American rights only.

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Edited, with Introduction, by David Johnston

2000 - 304 pp.

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North American rights only.

Organized around such themes as equality before the law, equality of opportunity, and equality of result, the selections included in this anthology range from Plato to the present, treating a topic of fundamental importance to political theory.

 

Contents:

  • Plato, "Democracy and Equality," from Republic
  • Aristotle, "Proportional Equality," from Politics
  • Levellers, "An Agreement of the People"
  • Hobbes, "Equality in Nature and Society," from Leviathan
  • Rousseau, “The Genesis of Inequality,” from Discourse on the Origin & Foundation of Inequality Among Men
  • Rousseau, “Sophy,” from Emile, or Education
  • Burke, “Equality in Representation?” from Reflections on the Revolution in France
  • Tocqueville, “Equality, Democracy and Liberty,” from Democracy in America
  • Marx, “Human Equality”, from Critique of the Gotha Programme
  • R. H. Tawney, “Equality in Historical Perspective,” from Equality
  • F. A. von Hayek, “Equality, Value, and Merit,” from The Constitution of Liberty
  • John Rawls, “Justice and Equality,” from A Theory of Justice
  • Robert Nozick, “Equality versus Entitlement,” from Anarchy, State and Utopia
  • Amartya Sen, “Equality of What?”
  • Ronald Dworkin, “Equality of Resources”
  • Michael Walzer, “Complex Equality,” from Spheres of Justice
  • Will Kymlicka, “Justice and Minority Rights,” from Multicultural Citizenship
  • Iris Marion Young, “Displacing the Distributive Paradigm,” from Justice and the Politics of Difference
  • Further Readings

 

About the Author:

David Johnston is the Nell and Herbert M. Singer Professor of Contemporary Civilization, Columbia University.