Why Does Inequality Matter?

by T.M. Scanlon

Book Overview

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 wanting to be better off. This book examines six such reasons. Inequality can be objectionable because it arises from a failure of some agent to give...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198812698
• ISBN13: 9780198812692
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"