How much economic inequality is fair in liberal democracies? The approach of proportional justice

Philosophy and Social Criticism 47 (7):769-788 (2021)
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The article argues that the possibility of an unlimited gap in income and wealth between the top and bottom segments of society is incompatible with a democratic commitment to political equality. T...

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Nunzio Alì
University of Catania
Luigi Caranti
Università degli Studi di Catania

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Anarchy, State, and Utopia.Robert Nozick - 1974 - New York: Basic Books.
Political Liberalism.John Rawls - 1993 - Columbia University Press.
Justice as fairness: a restatement.John Rawls (ed.) - 2001 - Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

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