Equality of Resources and the Problem of Recognition |
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Authors: | Rasmus Sommer Hansen |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Political Science,Aarhus University,?rhus C,Denmark |
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Abstract: | Liberal egalitarianism is commonly criticized for being insufficiently sensitive to status inequalities and the effects of
misrecognition. I examine this criticism as it applies to Ronald Dworkin’s ‘equality of resources’ and argue that, in fact,
liberal egalitarians possess the resources to deal effectively with recognition-type issues. More precisely, while conceding
that the distributive principles required to realize equality of resources must apply against a particular institutional background,
I point out, following Dworkin, that among the principles guiding this background is a ‘principle of independence,’ and that
this principle, properly interpreted, requires government to protect people against the disadvantageous effects of wrongful
prejudicial discrimination. Moreover, I give an account of wrongful prejudice which is grounded in a particular interpretation
of the abstract egalitarian principle Dworkin requires for a government to be legitimate and which goes a long way toward
acknowledging status inequalities. Finally, I suggest other resources within the theory for responding to residual problems
of recognition not addressed by the principle of independence. |
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