Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter?: Volume 19, Part 1
Ellen Frankel Paul editor Jeffrey Paul editor Fred D Miller, Jr editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:28th Jan '02
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These essays assess the empirical and theoretical questions raised by inequalities of income and wealth.
The essays in this volume assess the empirical and theoretical questions raised by inequalities of income and wealth. They consider empirical claims about the amount of equality in modern market economies and they ask if inequality is intrinsically immoral regardless of consequences.Is there a moral obligation to reduce differences in income and wealth? There is an egalitarian tradition that condemns these differences, particularly as they arise in free-market capitalist society, as unfair or unjust. The opponents of this view argue that the material disparities of capitalist society have been brought about by voluntary mechanisms and thus accord with the freely exercised liberties of its citizens. They conclude that capitalist inequality is not vulnerable to the ethical complaints of its critics. They maintain that the standard of living achieved as a by-product of the marketplace and its inequalities could not be adequately reproduced under egalitarian institutions. The essays in this volume, written by prominent economists, philosophers, and academic lawyers, assess the empirical and theoretical questions raised by inequalities of income and wealth.
'This book is a good initiation for theologians, or any others who want to engage in serious economic debate.' The Heythrop Journal
ISBN: 9780521005357
Dimensions: 228mm x 154mm x 21mm
Weight: 509g
384 pages