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Equality Debates
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do BetterThe Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better by Richard Wilkinson
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Recent egalitarian text, suggests that countries without greater income differentials out class those that do
EqualityEquality by Sir Keith Joseph
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One of the best contra-equality accounts, vitriolic but daring in its condemnation of equality per se
EqualityEquality by Edward Bellamy
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A follow up to the utopian novel "Looking Backward", novelisation/literary treatment of egalitarianism
Arguing for EqualityArguing for Equality by John Baker
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Highly readable non-fiction account favouring equality
Equality: From Theory to ActionEquality: From Theory to Action by John Baker
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Collected essays favourable to greater equality
Anarchy, State and UtopiaAnarchy, State and Utopia by Robert Nozick
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American libertarian arguments against equality emerging from a critical response to Rawl's Theory of Justice
Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality (Studies in Marxism & Social Theory) (Studies in Marxism and Social Theory)Self-Ownership, Freedom, and Equality (Studies in Marxism & Social Theory) (Studies in Marxism and Social Theory) by G. A. Cohen
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Left-wing response to the above arguing that individual rights make less sense when society is considered as ontologically a priori, still more abstract than Nozick and appears a little belligerant
Liberty, Equality, FraternityLiberty, Equality, Fraternity by James Fitzjames Stephen
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General attack on French Revolutionary sloganeerings, makes specific reference to material equality
A Theory of Justice Rev (Paper) (Belknap)A Theory of Justice Rev (Paper) (Belknap) by J Rawls
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A core text for most modern liberal egalitarians, considers justice as fairness, fairness as the structure/order any impartial/ignorant individual would prefer, equality questions thereafter