UID:
almafu_9959239113002883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 352 p. )
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ill. ;
ISBN:
0-19-773060-4
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0-19-977218-5
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0-585-35369-7
Series Statement:
Oxford ethics series
Content:
This ethical study examines the concepts of quality and inequality and addresses the question: how can we judge between different types of inequality? The author examines inequality as applied to individuals and groups, and the standard measures in inequality employed by economists and others.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 1993.
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Introduction -- Inequality: a complex notion -- Inequality in complex situations -- Averages, individuals, or groups: what should an egalitarian focus on? -- Approaches for measuring inequality -- Inequality's sensitivity to affluence or well-being -- Variations in population size -- Between whom, or what, does inequality obtain? -- A criticism of egalitarianism rejected -- Conclusion -- Appendixes: A. New aspects of inequality considered -- B. How variations in complex heterogeneous situations affect inequality -- C. Variations in population size -- different aspects, different views.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-507860-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195078602.001.0001
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