Justice, Equal Opportunity and the Family

✍ Scribed by James S. Fishkin

Publisher: Yale University Press
Year: 1984
Tongue: English
Leaves: 104
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Three common assumptions of both liberal theory and political debate are the autonomy of the family, the principle of merit, and equality of life chances. Fishkin argues that even under the best conditions, commitment to any two of these principles precludes the third.

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