Inequality is widely regarded as morally objectionable: T. M. Scanlon investigates why it matters to us. Demands for greater equality can seem puzzling, because it can be unclear what reason people have for objecting to the difference between what they have and what others have, as opposed simply to
Why does inequality matter?
โ Scribed by Scanlon, Thomas, author
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
xi, 170 pages ; 22 cm
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