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Inequality is not Injustice
Author(s) -
Flew Antony
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1987.tb01875.x
Subject(s) - injustice , economic justice , argument (complex analysis) , inequality , social injustice , sociology , social justice , state (computer science) , primary goods , epistemology , reading (process) , law , law and economics , philosophy , social science , political science , politics , mathematics , algorithm , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , chemistry
The American sciologist John Rawls of Harvard has influenced academic discussion by his argument that justice requires equality as a primary purpose of governent policy. The British philosopher Antony Flew, formerly of the University of Reading and currently teaching at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center of Bowling Green State University in Ohio, questions Rawls reasoning. He affirms that equality is not justice, a truth seen and expounded by the classical philosophers, but neglected by egalitarians.