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Economic Inequality and Morality: Diverse Ethical Perspectives

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Economic Inequality and Morality: Diverse Ethical Perspectives

Contributors:

By (Author) Richard Madsen
Edited by William M. Sullivan

ISBN:

9780815737193

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Brookings Institution

Publication Date:

27th August 2019

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Professional and Scholarly

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Social discrimination and social justice

Dewey:

170

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

320

Dimensions:

Width 155mm, Height 221mm, Spine 22mm

Weight:

558g

Description

Examining inequality through the lenses of moral traditions.

Rising inequality has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years from scholars and politicians, but the moral dimensions of inequality tend to be ignored. Is inequality morally acceptable Is it morally permissible to allow practices and systems that contribute to inequality Is there an ethical obligation to try to alleviate inequality, and if so, who is obligated to take that action

This book addresses these and similar questions not through a single lens of morality but through a comparative study of ethical traditions, both secular and religious, Western and non-Western. The moral and political traditions considered are: liberalism, Marxism, natural law, feminism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and Confucianism. The types of inequality examined include property, natural resources, products, wealth, income, jobs, and taxation. The editors open the book with an introduction providing information on contemporary dimensions of the problem of economic inequality, and the book concludes with a summary of the perspectives represented.

Economic Inequality and Morality is unusual in that it addresses similarities and differences on the questions of inequality within and across moral traditions. Authors of the individual studies answer a common set of topic-related questions, giving the reader a broad perspective on how a broad range of traditions view and respond to inequality.

Author Bio

Richard Madsen is a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California, San Diego. He is a co-author (with Robert Bellah and others) of The Good Society and Habits of the Heart. He has authored or co-authored nine books on Chinese culture as well as numerous articles on cultural comparison.

William M. Sullivan is Senior Scholar at the New American Colleges and Universities. He is co-author (with Robert N. Bellah and others) of The Good Society and Habits of the Heart. He has authored or edited a number of books in political and social theory as well as ethics. His most recent book is Liberal Learning as a Quest for Purpose.

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