"Most of the chapters in this book were presented at a conference on egalitarianism at the University of Copenhagen in 2004"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to contemporary egalitarianism / Nils Holtug and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen -- A foundation for egalitarianism / Thomas Christiano -- A defence of extreme egalitarianism / Ingmar Persson -- The insignificance of the distinction between Telic and Deontic egalitarianism / Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen -- Prioritarianism / Nils Holtug -- Egalitarianism and the difference between interpersonal and intrapersonal judgments / Dennis McKerlie -- Who are the least advantaged? / Bertil Tungodden and Peter Vallentyne -- Feminist distributive justice and the relevance of equal relations / Linda Barclay -- Of mice and men : equality and animals / Peter Vallentyne -- Liberty, liability, and contractualism / Andrew Williams -- Desert and equality / Richard J. Arneson -- Market failure, common interests, and the titanic puzzle / Jonathan Wolff -- The 'what' and the 'how' of distributive justice and health / Susan Hurley.

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