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Pragmatist Egalitarianism (Hardcover)
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Pragmatist Egalitarianism (Hardcover)
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Pragmatist Egalitarianism argues that a deep impasse plagues
philosophical egalitarianism, and sets forth a novel conception of
equality rooted in American pragmatist thought that successfully
mediates it. There is a division within egalitarianism between
those who regard equality as a fundamentally distributive ideal and
those who construe it as a normative conception of human
relationships. Despite their close connection, these different
ideals may come apart. And yet, so much philosophical writing on
equality is marked by what looks like a zero-sum competition for
the same conceptual turf, as if the whole truth about equality must
be captured by a single idea or an exclusive set of principles. One
of the core arguments in Pragmatist Egalitarianism is that we
should reject the central premises upon which such disagreement
turns: that equality is a single idea, that it has a fundamental
locus, and that there is a singular or primary route to the
achievement of a genuinely egalitarian society. David Rondel argues
for a recasting of egalitarianism in light of three mutually
reinforcing variables-the Institutional, the Personal, and the
Cultural-each of which is best accentuated in one of a trio of
pragmatists. If the three variables are mutually complicit in
promoting inequality, an egalitarianism that takes this seriously
will treat all three as equally (albeit differently) important in
making things better. Infused with the thought of leading American
pragmatists, including William James, John Dewey, and Richard
Rorty, Pragmatist Egalitarianism puts pragmatist philosophy to work
in new and profoundly illuminating ways.
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