Sovereign Virtue

The Theory and Practice of Equality

Ronald Dworkin

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$35.50 • £28.95 • €32.00

ISBN 9780674008106

Publication Date: 03/01/2002

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528 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Introduction: Does Equality Matter?
I. Theory
- 1. Equality of Welfare
- 2. Equality of Resources
- 3. The Place of Liberty
- 4. Political Equality
- 5. Liberal Community
- 6. Equality and the Good Life
- 7. Equality and Capability
II. Practice
- 8. Justice and the High Cost of Health
- 9. Justice, Insurance, and Luck
- 10. Free Speech, Politics, and the Dimensions of Democracy
- 11. Affirmative Action: Does It Work?
- 12. Affirmative Action: Is It Fair?
- 13. Playing God: Genes, Clones, and Luck
- 14. Sex, Death, and the Courts
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Notes
Index

Awards & Accolades

Ronald Dworkin Is Winner of the 2007 Holberg International Memorial Prize

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