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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_343956 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Contributors | 鄧偉生., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Philosophy., Deng, Weisheng. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | Chinese, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, theses |
| Format | electronic resource, microform, microfiche, 1 online resource (vi, 186 p.) |
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