From Rationality to Equality

• A new argument for equality
• Ambitious and pioneering work in moral and political philosophy
• Responsive to recent criticism and alternative accounts
• Lively and engaging

Readership: Scholars and advanced students in moral philosophy and political philosophy.

James P. Sterba, University of Notre Dame

James P. Sterba is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. His previous publications include Three Challenges to Ethics (OUP, 2001), The Triumph of Practice over Theory in Ethics (OUP, 2005) and Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men?—A Debate, with Warren Farrell (OUP, 2007). He is past president of the American Philosophical Association (Central Division) and several other organizations.

1: Introduction
2: The Historical Connection to Immanuel Kant
3: From Rationality to Morality
4: Critics of the Rationality to Morality Argument
5: Alternative Justifications for Morality
6: From Liberty to Equality
7: Critics of the Liberty to Equality Argument
8: Alternative Justifications for Welfare and Equality
9: Conclusion