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That all human beings are one another's moral equals is taken by many to be the fundamental premise of contemporary moral, political and legal theory. It is also the demand of individuals and groups to be treated as equals that drives much of political practice and protest today. However, what does such a claim of 'basic equality' between human beings mean? How can it possibly be true, given that we are unequals in almost every other aspect of our lives? And, who, exactly, is meant to fall within its scope?
This volume brings together leading thinkers on basic equality to address these questions. Collectively, they explore the concept of equality in history and criticism, analysing and presenting solutions to the most pressing challenges that have been raised against the principle.
Contents
Part I - Meaning: History and Critique
1: Teresa Bejan: On the Historical Emergence of Basic Human Equality
2: Jeremy Waldron: Basic and Relational Equality
3: Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen: Should People Who Are Moral Equals Relate as Social Equals? Should People Who Are Not Moral Equals Relate as Social Unequals?
4: Andrea Sangiovanni: Is There a Thing Called Moral Equality? (And Does It Matter if There Isn't?)
Part II - Justification: Grounding and Scepticism
5: Ian Carter: Basic Equality and the Contexts of Opacity Respect
6: Thomas Christiano: Equal Moral Status and the Collective Nature of Rationality
7: Nikolas Kirby: Basic Equality: Worth, Luck and Weight
8: Agnieszka Jaworska and Julie Tannenbaum: Equality and Moral Status: Challenges to Their Grounding
9: Anne Phillips: When Equality Needs No Justification
Part III - Scope: Inclusion and Marginalisation
10: Giacomo Floris: The Basis of Children's Moral Equality
11: Eva Feder Kittay: Basic Human Moral Equality
12: George Sher: First Among Equals
13: Richard Arneson: Basic Equality, Rational Agency Capacity, and Potentiality
