Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: THE NATURE AND VALUE OF EQUALITY ; I. CLASSICAL READINGS ; 1. Justice and Equality ; 2. Equality in the State of Nature ; 3. On the Origins of Inequality ; 4. On Justice and Equality ; 5. The Manifesto of Equality ; II. ON THE CONCEPT OF EQUALITY ITSELF ; 6. Egalitarianism as a Descriptive Concept ; 7. Equality and Time ; 8. Inequality ; III. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ; 9. Groundwork for a Metaphysic of Morals (second formula of the categorical Imperative and other selections) ; 10. Justice Does Not Imply Equality ; 11. Against Equality ; 12. Egalitarianism and the Equal Consideration of Interests ; 13. Justice and Equality ; IV. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ; 14. Equality of Opportunity and Beyond ; 15. Liberty versus Equal Opportunity ; 16. The Concept of Equal Opportunity ; 17. Life is Not a Race ; 18. A Liberal Defense of Equal Opportunity ; V. THE CONTEMPORARY DEBATE ON THE NATURE AND VALUE OF EQUALITY ; 19. Equality and Desert ; 20. Justice: A Funeral Oration ; 21. Radical Welfare Egalitarianism ; 22. A Utilitarian Defense of Equality ; 23. Equality and Equal Opportunity for Welfare ; 24. A Critique of Welfare Egalitarianism ; 25. Equality and Partiality ; 26. Equality as a Moral Ideal ; 27. A Defense of Resource Equality ; 28. On Equal Human Worth: A Critique of Contemporary Egalitarianism ; 29. Complex Equality ; Appendix ; 30. Harrison Bergeron ; Bibliography