Relational Equality and Justice

Zusammenfassung

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In his paper: "Justice or equality?" Gordon answers the question of its title as follows: The 'or' is out of place, since equality is an important part of justice. Therefore egalitarianism is superior to prioritarianism. Gordon repeatedly focuses on the following distinction: Egalitarians think that equality is the most important part of justice, whereas prioritarians assume that equality is less important for justice. So the difference between egalitarianism and non-egalitarianism is that egalitarians care about strictly egalitarian principles, whereas non-egalitarians refuse those principles.

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Relational Equality and Justice

Comment to the Contribution of John-Stemart Gordon

1. Egalitarianism and equality

In his paper: "Justice or equality?" Gordon answers the question of its title as follows: The 'or' is out of place, since equality is an important part of justice. Therefore egalitarianism is superior to prioritarianism. Even though prioritarianism is "a good start", it "has to be accompanied by other egalitarian considerations" (p. 199).

Before we can turn to the question of how this claim ...

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