Survey Article: Relational Equality and Distribution

Elford, Gideon

doi:10.1111/jopp.12139

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“…is an institutional, 'in-between' version of luck egalitarianism. An overlooked 'proto-luck-egalitarian' view is(Spiegelberg, 1944).3 Some think relational egalitarianism is a form of distributive egalitarianism, just with a distribuendum that includes things like 'social status'; others disagree(Cordelli, 2015;Elford, 2017;Gheaus, 2016;Moles and Parr, 2019). My focus is on the contrast between relational and luck egalitarianism (rather than distributive egalitarianism), so the dispute is largely irrelevant here.From relational equality to personal responsibility…”

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From relational equality to personal responsibility

Schmidt

2021

Philos Stud

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According to relational egalitarians, equality is not primarily about the distribution of some good but about people relating to one another as equals. However, compared with other theorists in political philosophy – including other egalitarians – relational egalitarians have said relatively little on what role personal responsibility should play in their theories. For example, is equality compatible with responsibility? Should economic distributions be responsibility-sensitive? This article fills this gap. I develop a relational egalitarian framework for personal responsibility and show that relational equality commits us to responsibility. I develop two sets of arguments. First, I draw on relational theories of moral responsibility – particularly Strawsonian views – to show that valuable egalitarian relationships require responsibility. Second, I show why relational equality sometimes requires that economic distributions be sensitive to responsibility and choice. I also defend a seemingly paradoxical result: being committed to responsibility, relational egalitarianism not only justifies some distributive inequalities but some relational inequalities too. Overall, relational egalitarianism gives a nuanced and coherent answer as to why and how responsibility matters from within egalitarianism. That it does should be an important argument in its favour.

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From relational equality to personal responsibility

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2021

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“…So, what is different in the case of differential distributions that fall along lines of, say, gender, race, religion, or intergenerational socio-economic class? Egalitarians -even those primarily concerned with non-distributive ideals of equality -have reasons to care about simple distribution tout court (Schemmel 2011;Elford 2017). But what is the specific problem with differential distribution between groups that doesn't reduce to whatever we think is wrong with individual distributive inequalities (of such-and-such a magnitude)?…”

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Can Social Groups Be Units of Normative Concern?

Lyon

2022

Social Theory and Practice

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In social justice theory, it seems both important, but also potentially normatively and metaphysically suspect, to treat social groups as units of normative concern. This is also the source of much current controversy surrounding social justice politics. I argue that normative individualism is a (correct) metaethical clarification, but not necessarily a binding guide for all other (non-metaethical) normative theory or practice in the way we might assume. Supra-individual social entities can, in fact, be the irreducible subjects of concern in valid normative evaluations or prescriptions, owing to future-relevant causal properties. However, this idea is complex and requires careful elucidation. I address likely objections pertaining to group definitions, social ontology, conceptions of causation, counterfactuals, and the non-identity problem.

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“…Andersons bidrag är bara ett i en våg av forskning inom normativ politisk teori som under senare år utvecklat idéer om relationell jämlikhet (Elford 2017). Relationell jämlikhet handlar i grund och botten om fördelningen av makt och formerna för social interaktion.…”

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Är jämlika arbetsplatser ett relevant rättvisemål?

Birnbaum¹

2021

Ojämlika Arbetsplatser. Hierarkier, Diskriminering Och Strategier För Jämlikhet

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Survey Article: Relational Equality and Distribution

Cited by 15 publications

References 32 publications

From relational equality to personal responsibility

From relational equality to personal responsibility

Can Social Groups Be Units of Normative Concern?

Är jämlika arbetsplatser ett relevant rättvisemål?

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