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Constitutional law and equality
In Dennis M. Patterson (ed.), A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory. Blackwell. pp. 160–176 (1996)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: The Enlightenment and Its Antecedents Equal Rights and American Constitutional Law Liberty and Equality under the Constitution The Radical Critique and the Radical Dilemma Rawls Dworkin Equality of Capabilities Equality Unmodified or Spheres of Justice Is Equality a Value? References.
constitutional law and equality enlightenment and its antecedents Jewish and Christian sides of Western heritage ‐ egalitarian and inegalitarian tendencies secular Enlightenment ‐ source for modern ideals of equality Enlightenment thinkers ‐ putting high value on individual as a person with natural rights radical critique and radical dilemma ‐ great inequality of condition John Rawls's book A Theory of Justice ‐ reflecting resurgence of egalitarian radicalism equality of resources, for Dworkin ‐ people's unequal talents and luck not to produce inequalities of wealth equality of capabilities ‐ theoretical criticism of capability egalitarianism equality unmodified or spheres of justice
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