In this thesis, we want to establish a theory of "contractual egalitarianism". It depends on the assumption that all people are free and equal. If all people are free and equal and they want to find a principle to govern their society, they would adopt a modified version of Scanlon's contractualism. According to this version of contractualism, a social practice or institution is unjust if it would be disallowed by any set of principles for the general regulation of society that no one could reasonably reject as a basis for informed, unforced general agreement. If we have good reasons not to adopt a certain kind of policies, then it is likely that any principles allowing such policies could be reasonably rejected, hence that they will be unjust. With this contractual framework, we argue that there are four kinds of reason---equal respect, fulfilling basic needs, fair political equality and fair equal opportunity---by which we can reasonably reject inequality. If we accept the contractual framework and adopt the four kinds of reason, then we can justify egalitarianism without appealing to the idea of substantive equality. This kind of egalitarianism is a moderate one. A more radical version of egalitarianism will be reasonably rejected for its conflict with our other important value, such as liberty and personal relationship. / 鄧偉生. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2006. / 參考文獻(p. 181-186). / Adviser: Yuen Kang Shih. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-02, Section: A, page: 0602. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / School code: 1307. / Lun wen (zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2006. / Can kao wen xian (p. 181-186). / Deng Weisheng.

鄧偉生. / "2001年9月" / 論文 (哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2001. / 參考文獻 (leaves 69-72) / 附中英文摘要. / "2001 nian 9 yue" / Deng Weisheng. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2001. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 69-72) / Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao. / 摘要 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一章： --- 導論 / Chapter 1.1. --- 契約論式的道德理論 --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2. --- 本論文的主題 --- p.5 / Chapter 第二章： --- 道德的範圍與道德的行動者 / Chapter 2.1. --- 廣義與狹義的「道德」 --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3. --- 道德行動者 --- p.13 / Chapter 第三章： --- 契約主義的結構 / Chapter 3.1. --- 合理性 --- p.17 / Chapter 3.2. --- 一般理由與道德原則的無偏私性 --- p.22 / Chapter 3.3. --- 合理的反對 --- p.25 / Chapter 3.4. --- 非個人價値不能作爲一般理由 --- p.27 / Chapter 3.5. --- 處境較差者是否具有優先性 --- p.30 / Chapter 3.6. --- 總計與契約主義 --- p.33 / Chapter 3.7. --- 總結 --- p.40 / Chapter 第四章： --- 契約主義的困難與相對主義 / Chapter 4.1. --- 契約主義的困難 --- p.41 / Chapter 4.2. --- 契約主義與相對主義 --- p.51 / Chapter 4.3. --- 總結 / Chapter 第五章： --- 結論 --- p.64 / 參考書目 --- p.69