Distributive Justice and Disability: Utilitarianism against Egalitarianism

317 Pages·2006·1.18 MB·English

by  Mark S. Stein

Distributive Justice
and Disability

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Distributive Justice
Disability
Utilitarianism against Egalitarianism
M A R K S . S T E I N
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
 Introduction 
 Intuitionist Theory and
Interpersonal Comparisons 
 Disability and Welfare 
 Utilitarianism and Distribution
to the Disabled 
 Egalitarianism and Distribution
to the Disabled 
 Rawls 
 Dworkin 
viii Contents
 Ackerman 
 Welfarism Weighted or Unweighted? 
 Intuition about Aggregation 
 Distribution of Life 
 Conclusion:Philosophy and Policy 
Notes 
Index 
Acknowledgments
This book is a descendant ofthe doctoral dissertation I wrote at
Yale University,Department ofPolitical Science.I am tremen-
dously grateful to Ian Shapiro,the Chair ofmy dissertation ad-
visory committee, for his advice and support. Ian is entirely
free ofdogmatism,able to see the strengths and weaknesses in
every approach.Without such an undogmatic advisor,I prob-
ably would not have been able to pursue my own dogmatic
utilitarian course.Many thanks also to Rogers Smith and John
Roemer,the other members of my advisory committee.
Thanks to the three once-anonymous readers who re-
viewed my manuscript on behalf of Yale University Press:
Anne L.Astott,Ellen Frankel Paul,and Grant Reeher.Thanks
also to Julia Driver,who did me the great favor ofreviewing an
entire draft of the manuscript.The book is better because of
their suggested revisions;remaining mistakes are my own.
Many people have read parts of this book,in various in-
carnations,and have given me helpful comments,including Jim
Murphy,Peter Singer,Greg Forster,Bruce Ackerman,Casiano
Hacker-Cordon, Cora True-Frost, Eva Feder Kittay, Robert
Cummins, Roger Gottlieb, Margaret Dancy, Udo Schuklenk,
and Ruth Chadwick.