http://www.juliansanchez.com/2006/09/28/basic-structures-and-equal-concern/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.juliansanchez.com/2006/09/28/basic-structures-and-equal-concern/comment-page-1/#comment-1292 Tim Waligore Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:08:48 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1336#comment-1292 You can also attack Dworkin from the cosmopolitan end: why is the scope limited to a political community. "Sovereign Virtue" refers to the sovereign virtue of political communities. But why is equality conditional in this way? G.A. Cohen attacks the consistency of Dworkin's position for this in his 'if you're an egalitarian, why are you so rich?' Cohen is asking not just a cosmopolitan question, but also (roughly), if justice requires institutions to redistribute wealth according to equality, why don't Dworkin and others say that justice requires individuals to take "charitable" actions where institutions are not fully just. So there are two scope questions: if you're concerned about equality, why only equality among certain people, and also, what is the scope or extent of the basic structure or whatever it is that it is permissible to evaluate and reform for justice? Off the top of head. You can also attack Dworkin from the cosmopolitan end: why is the scope limited to a political community. “Sovereign Virtue” refers to the sovereign virtue of political communities. But why is equality conditional in this way? G.A. Cohen attacks the consistency of Dworkin’s position for this in his ‘if you’re an egalitarian, why are you so rich?’ Cohen is asking not just a cosmopolitan question, but also (roughly), if justice requires institutions to redistribute wealth according to equality, why don’t Dworkin and others say that justice requires individuals to take “charitable” actions where institutions are not fully just. So there are two scope questions: if you’re concerned about equality, why only equality among certain people, and also, what is the scope or extent of the basic structure or whatever it is that it is permissible to evaluate and reform for justice? Off the top of head.

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