Distributive justice & disability : utilitarianism against egalitarianism /

Theories of distributive justice are most severely tested in the area of disability. Mark Stein argues that utilitarianism performs better than egalitarian theories in this area: egalitarian theories help the disabled either too little or too much, while utilitarianism achieves the proper balance by...

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Main Author: Stein, Mark S., 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2006.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780300128253
0300128258
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intuitionist theory and interpersonal comparisons
  • Disability and welfare
  • Utilitarianism and distribution to the disabled
  • Egalitarianism and distribution to the disabled
  • Rawls
  • Dworkin
  • Ackerman
  • Welfarism weighted or unweighted?
  • Intuition about aggregation
  • Distribution of life.