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| Equal opportunities: Equal opportunities is the principle that everyone should have the same opportunities to succeed, regardless of their personal characteristics, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or disability. See also Equal rights, Equality, Justice._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Welfare Economics on Equal Opportunities - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 215 Equal opportunities/welfare economics/Moon: Fair equality of opportunity requires not only that there be no 'arbitrary' barriers to the life choices one may make, such as restrictions on occupational or educational opportunity based on race or gender, but that everyone has access to the resources and experiences necessary to qualify for the different positions and careers that exist in society. Institutions: arguably, fair equality of opportunity supports not only a social minimum state, but an institutional welfare state, in which education, including perhaps early childhood education, and medical care are provided on a common basis for all. Problems: but, like welfare rights generally, the requirements of fair equality of opportunity cannot be specified except in specific social contexts; the kind Gaus I 216 of educational opportunities necessary in a largely agrarian society, to take an obvious example, are very different from those required in a postindustrial setting. (...) it is necessary to make trade- offs between equal opportunity and other values, such as the privacy and autonomy of families. >Citizenship/Welfare economics, >Welfare state/Political Philosophy. Moon, J. Donald 2004. „The Political Theory of the Welfare State“. In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Welfare Economics Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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