European University Institute Library

Economic inequality and morality, diverse ethical perspectives, edited by Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index

illustrations

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non fiction

Economic inequality and morality

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1085202638

edited by Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan

The Ethikon series

diverse ethical perspectives

Rising inequality is not just an economic and political issue: it is fundamentally a moral concern. But relatively few books have directly addressed this moral concern, and fewer still have done so through a comparative ethical perspective. The essays in this volume explore and compare how a number of influential ethical traditions--secular and religious, Western and non-Western--wrestle with the moral dimensions of inequality, whether it is morally permissible to acquiesce in practices and systems that contribute to it, whether there is a moral obligation to alleviate it, and, if so, who is morally obligated to do what--back cover

Liberalism : economic justice in the liberal tradition / William A. Galston -- Marxism : inequality and morality / Andrew Levine -- Feminism : feminist perspectives on economic justice / Christine Di Stefano -- Natural law : a natural law perspective on economic equality / Joseph Boyle -- Christianity : Christianity and economic inequality / D. Stephen Long -- Judaism : Jewish economics / Joseph Isaac Lifshitz -- Islam : Islam, inequality, morality, and justice / Mohammad H. Fadel -- Confucianism : Confucian perspectives on the morality of economic inequality -- Stephen C. Angle -- Buddhism : economic justice in the Buddhist tradition / Christopher S. Queen -- Comparative overview : an overview of economic inequality across traditions / Stephen R. Munzer