Irresponsible Equality

Type: 
Budapest colloquium talks
Audience: 
Open to the Public
Building: 
Nador u. 15
Room: 
103
Academic Area: 
Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 5:30pm
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Date: 
Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm

In this talk, I will first outline and defend an argument against the existence of moral responsibility. I will then show that this argument enables us to defend a Rawlsian version of egalitarianism, according to which justice permits inequalities only if they make the worst off members of society better off than they would otherwise be. I will end by outlining the practical implications of my defence of this view.