Demands of Justice : The Political Philosophy of Amartya Sen and Ronald Dworkin / Roy Varghese Palatty

includes index and biblioraphy

part I Freedom 1. Dimensions of Freedom The Idea of Freedom .........13 Liberty before liberalism ........16 Beyond Negative and Positive Liberty ...............25 Freedom and Conditions of Freedom ................31 2. Capability egalitarianism extended Place of Freedom in the CA..........47 Aspects of Freedom ................48 Well-Being, Agency and Freedom ..........50 The Ideals of Agency and Pluralism .................56 Towards a Real substantive Freedom ...........66 Freedom and Responsibility: A phenomenological Turn ..........69 Criticisms and Responses ................75 Part II Equality 3. Liberal Equality and Welfare Egalitarianism The Idea of Equality ........93 The Idea of Liberal Equality ...98 Theory of Equality of Welfare Reconsidered .....118 Dworkin`s Radical Criticism ............120 4. Resources Egalitarianism Explained Theory of Equality of Resources ....149 Theoretical Foundation of Dworkin`s Scheme ...............150 Reconsidering the Insurance argument .......172 The place of Liberty in Equality of Resources ..178 A Theory of Improvement .........194 Role of Markets and Exchange .....197 Part III Justice 5. Ideal Theoroes and Non-Ideal Circumstances The Capabilities objections .......207 Transcendental Theories Versus Relational Theories .....208 6. Luck Egalitarianism and Democratic Egalitarianism The Idea of luck Equality .......239 Is Dworkin a Luck Egalitarian............241 The Abandonment and grudge objections ............245 Equality of Resources and the Distrubution of Power ............254 Does dworkin`s Scheme Make Instrusive Judgements? ..........276 Towards a Pluralist view of Justice as Equality ..........279