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Republic of Equals Alan Thomas (Professor of Ethics, Professor of Ethics, University of York)

Republic of Equals By Alan Thomas (Professor of Ethics, Professor of Ethics, University of York)

Summary

This first book length study of property-owning democracy argues that a society in which capital is universally accessible to all citizens uniquely meets the demands of justice. It defends a renovated form of capitalism in which the free market is no longer a threat to social democratic values, but is potentially convergent with them.

Republic of Equals Summary

Republic of Equals: Predistribution and Property-Owning Democracy by Alan Thomas (Professor of Ethics, Professor of Ethics, University of York)

The first book length study of property-owning democracy, Republic of Equals argues that a society in which capital is universally accessible to all citizens is uniquely placed to meet the demands of justice. Arguing from a basis in liberal-republican principles, this expanded conception of the economic structure of society contextualizes the market to make its transactions fair. The author shows that a property-owning democracy structures economic incentives such that the domination of one agent by another in the market is structurally impossible. The result is a renovated form of capitalism in which the free market is no longer a threat to social democratic values, but is potentially convergent with them. It is argued that a property-owning democracy has advantages that give it priority over rival forms of social organization such as welfare state capitalism and market socialist institutions. The book also addresses the currently high levels of inequality in the societies of the developed West to suggest a range of policies that target the "New Inequality" of our times. For this reason, the work engages not only with political philosophers such as John Rawls, Philip Pettit and John Tomasi, but also with the work of economists and historians such as Anthony B. Atkinson, Francois Bourguignon, Jacob S. Hacker, Lane Kenworthy, and Thomas Piketty.

Republic of Equals Reviews

Thomas's vision of an egalitarian property-owning democracy is powerful and compelling...Thomas arguably provides the best hope that liberal democratic states have for ensuring greater justice and also repairing what has broken in our current democratic theory and practice. * Phil Parvin, Political Theory *
It is an important and challenging work that will set the stage for a great deal of the discussion not only on justice and republicanism, but also on property-owning democracy, market socialism and broader discussions of alternative economic institutions to come ... Original and interesting * European Journal of Political Theory *

About Alan Thomas (Professor of Ethics, Professor of Ethics, University of York)

Alan Thomas is currently Professor of Ethics at the University of York, UK . Educated at Cambridge, Harvard (as a Kennedy Scholar), and Oxford Universities he has held visiting appointments at the University of British Columbia, Tulane University, St. Louis University and the Australian National University. His interests in philosophy include moral and political philosophy, epistemology and the philosophy of mind

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter One: Rawls, Republicanism and Liberal-republicanism Chapter Two: Justice, Pareto and Equality. Chapter Three: G. A. Cohen's neo-Marxist Critique of Rawls Chapter Five: Three Forms of Republican Egalitarianism. Chapter Six: A Liberal-republican Economic System Chapter Seven: Rawls's Critique of Welfare State Capitalism. Chapter Eight: Property-owning Democracy Versus Market Socialism Chapter Nine: Towards a Pluralistic Commonwealth Chapter Ten: Classical Liberalism and Property-owning Democracy Chapter Eleven: A Realistic Utopianism? Chapter Twelve: Inequality and Globalization Conclusion: Nothing is Obvious Bibliography Notes Index

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NPB9780190602116
9780190602116
0190602112
Republic of Equals: Predistribution and Property-Owning Democracy by Alan Thomas (Professor of Ethics, Professor of Ethics, University of York)
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Oxford University Press Inc
2017-01-05
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