| G. M. K. Hunt - Philosophy - 1990 - 162 pages
...describes it creates a condition of equality. How is this claim to be read? Walzer explains it as follows: In formal terms, complex equality means that no citizen's...his children, entrepreneurial opportunities, and so on.23 22 Williams, 'The Idea of Equality', 131. 23 M. Walzer, Spheres of Justice (Oxford: Martin Robertson,... | |
| James W. Skillen, Rockne M. McCarthy - Political Science - 1991 - 448 pages
...the recognition of "complex equality." The regime of complex equality is the opposite of tyranny, ll establishes a set of relationships such that domination...his children, entrepreneurial opportunities, and so on.22 Walzer, in effect, accepts society's historical differentiation into multiple spheres as one... | |
| James A. Morone, Gary Stuart Belkin - Medical - 1994 - 598 pages
...across many different spheres of distribution. Walzer (1983: 19-20) expresses this point by noting that citizen X may be chosen over citizen Y for political...relation of equality to the men and women they govern . The conclusion of this argument forbids any good from serving as the basis for access to other goods... | |
| David Ingram - Philosophy - 1995 - 486 pages
...unequal generally so long as X's office gives him no advantages over Y in any other sphere—superior medical care, access to better schools for his children, entrepreneurial opportunities, and so on. (19) In Walzer's opinion, then, fairly large—even monopolistic—inequalities in the distribution... | |
| Steven Seidman, Jeffrey C. Alexander - Business & Economics - 2001 - 428 pages
...politics. But they will not be unequal generally so long as X's office gives him no advantages over Y in am other sphere superior medical care, access to better...relation of equality to the men and women they govern. [. . .] The critique of dominance and domination points toward an open-ended distributive principle.... | |
| Peter Vallentyne - Law - 2002 - 392 pages
...according to medieval writers, when they seize the property or invade the family of their subjects.I4 In political life — but more widely, too — the...entrepreneurial opportunities, and so on. So long as I9 office is not a dominant good, is not generally convertible, office holders will stand, or at least... | |
| Randall Hansen, Patrick Weil - Law - 2002 - 356 pages
...with regard to some other good. Thus, citizen X may be chosen over citizen Y for political office, and the two of them will be unequal in the sphere of politics....to better schools for his children, entrepreneurial skills, and so on (Walzer: 1983, 18-19). Applied to citizenship, simple equality would require that... | |
| Colin Farrelly - Political Science - 2004 - 208 pages
...equality. Each social good represents a distinct sphere of justice and complex equality obtains when No citizen's standing in one sphere or with regard...children, entrepreneurial opportunities, and so on. (Walzer, 1983: 19) Complex equality is contrasted with the system of simple equality. The former seeks... | |
| Lesley A. Jacobs - Philosophy - 2004 - 300 pages
...the sphere of politics. But they will be equal generally so long as X's office gives him no advantage over Y in any other sphere - superior medical care,...his children, entrepreneurial opportunities, and so on.86 Although Walzer's vision of complex equality is compelling, sceptics have pressed him to explain... | |
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