On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice

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On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice is a highly influential philosophical essay by G. A. Cohen that analyzes what should properly count as the “currency” of egalitarian justice, such as welfare, resources, or opportunities.

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instanceOf academic article ⓘ
philosophical essay ⓘ
academicDiscipline philosophy ⓘ
addresses equality of what question ⓘ
interpersonal comparisons of advantage ⓘ
argues that egalitarian justice must identify a single appropriate currency of distribution ⓘ
associatedWith Oxford political philosophy ⓘ
author G. A. Cohen ⓘ
citedAs highly influential in contemporary political philosophy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
critiques pure welfarist accounts of equality ⓘ
simple resource-based accounts of equality ⓘ
examines advantage as a possible currency of justice ⓘ
opportunities as a possible currency of justice ⓘ
resources as a possible currency of justice ⓘ
welfare as a possible currency of justice ⓘ
field moral philosophy ⓘ
normative ethics ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
focusesOn what should count as the currency of egalitarian justice ⓘ
hasGenre analytic philosophy ⓘ
hasNotableConcept currency of egalitarian justice ⓘ
distinction between different metrics of equality ⓘ
egalitarian distribution of advantage ⓘ
influenced contemporary egalitarian theory ⓘ
debates on distributive justice ⓘ
luck egalitarianism ⓘ
influencedBy John Rawls ⓘ
Ronald Dworkin ⓘ
resource egalitarianism ⓘ
welfarism ⓘ
intendedAudience academic philosophers ⓘ
students of political theory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic currency of egalitarian justice ⓘ
distributive justice ⓘ
egalitarian justice ⓘ
partOf debate on equality of resources versus equality of welfare ⓘ
philosophicalPosition egalitarianism ⓘ
publicationType journal article ⓘ
publicationYear 1989 ⓘ
publishedIn Ethics ⓘ
relatedWork Equality of What? ⓘ
What is Equality? Part 1: Equality of Welfare ⓘ
What is Equality? Part 2: Equality of Resources ⓘ

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G. A. Cohen → notableWork → On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice ⓘ
On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice → relatedWork → What is Equality? Part 1: Equality of Welfare ⓘ
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Gerald Allan Cohen → notableWork → On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice ⓘ