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Social Equality and Wrongful Discrimination: Introduction to the Special Issue on Moreau's Faces of Inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2024

Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre
Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre*
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Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Email: hugoclefebvre@ps.au.dk
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Abstract

In this introduction, I briefly summarize Sophia Moreau's Faces of Inequality. I situate her monograph within two highly contemporary bodies of literature — relational egalitarianism and discrimination theory — to show how it provides important insights for understanding both what it means to treat others as equals in society and how to define wrongful discrimination. Moreau's work on discrimination is of great relevance for philosophers and socio-legal theorists alike as the commentaries from the symposium contributors demonstrate, including Dale Smith, Pablo Gilabert, Andrea Sangiovanni, Daniel Viehoff, Jessica Eisen, Alysia Blackham, and Iyiola Solanke.

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Résumé

Cette introduction situe Faces of Inequality de Sophia Moreau par rapport à deux familles théoriques contemporaines — l’égalitarisme relationnel et les théories de la discrimination — pour montrer comment ce texte approfondit notre compréhension de ce que cela signifie de traiter les autres comme des égaux et comment l'on devrait conceptualiser la discrimination. Le travail de Moreau sur la discrimination est d'une grande pertinence tant pour les philosophes que pour les théoricien-ne-s sociojuridiques, comme le montrent les commentaires de Dale Smith, Pablo Gilabert, Andrea Sangiovanni, Daniel Viehoff, Jessica Eisen, Alysia Blackham et Iyiola Solanke inclus dans ce numéro spécial.

Keywords

discriminationsocial equalitysocial subordinationfreedombasic goodspolitical philosophysocio-legal theories
Type
Special Issue: Canadian Philosophical Association 2022 Book Prize
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Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie , Volume 63 , Issue 1 , April 2024 , pp. 1 - 7
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Canadian Philosophical Association/Publié par Cambridge University Press au nom de l’Association canadienne de philosophie

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