Essays about: "egalitarian theory"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the words egalitarian theory.

1. 16. History with Some Evidence: Inequality Levels of Argentina and Australia at the Turn of the 20th Century

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Bruno Carvalho Lopes Rogerio; [2016]
   Keywords : Inequality; economic growth; income levels; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Institutional theory of economic growth argues that the long-term development of a country is greatly influenced by quality of its institutions. On its turn, good institutions would form more naturally in countries with better income distributions than more unequal countries. READ MORE

3. 17. Social justice in Uganda: Is Universal Primary Education Enough to Ensure Social Justice for All Ugandans?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik

   Author : Jude Magomu; [2009]
   Keywords : Universal Primary Education UPE ; Equality; Social Justice as Fairness; Northern Uganda; Uganda; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Today, we live in an age that is continually witnessing tension, strife and terrorism as a direct product of unequal distribution of wealth and opportunities for a good life. In Uganda for over two and half decades, war, insurgency and deprivation have been the realities of the people living in Northern Uganda. READ MORE

4. 18. A Complementary Developmental View on Morally Arbitrary Contingencies in Rawls’s Theory of Justice

   University essay from Institutionen för religion och kultur

   Author : Olesya Vallin; [2007]
   Keywords : Rawls; natural lottery; morally arbitrary contingencies; global justice; egalitarian theory; moral philosophy; Dworkin; Kohlberg;

   Abstract : The paper explores theoretical shortcomings in the egalitarian theory by John Rawls and provides a complementary view on the problem of morally arbitrary contingencies. The conception of natural lottery, which Rawls presents to signify the starting range of morally arbitrary inequalities, falls short in philosophical grounding. READ MORE

5. 19. Seeking Justice after a Dictatorship: Ethical Dilemmas

   University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

   Author : Ayeray Mirta Medina Bustos; [2006]
   Keywords : justice- human rights-dictatorship- ethical dilemmas among dictatorships; punishments and reconciliation.;

   Abstract : The meaning that Justice has after a conflict in a society might vary regarding the political development and cultural and shared values of a certain society. Rawls, in his Theory of Justice gives his idea of what justice is and presents two principles of justice that he argues are required to live in a good society: a first principle that secures equal rights and liberties for all individuals and a second egalitarian principle that restrains the consequences of economic inequalities within societies. READ MORE

6. 20. Alien Notion - Intrinsic Equality in Contemporary Japan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Kristina Back; [2005]
   Keywords : Japan; democratic theory; intrinsic equality; formal institutionalization; informal institutionalization; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Abstract Democracy is, in essence, political equality. Egalitarian government appears incompatible with a hierarchically organized society. Yet there are countries today where the two coexist. READ MORE