Egalitarianism On Its Own

Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis

Chapter 3 in Equality, Participation, Transition, 2000, pp 27-47 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Seven decades ago Branko Horvat was born into a world where dramatic economic inequalities were soon to come under confident assault by egalitarian movements of the left. The moral case for egalitarian redistribution was clear, and its practical implementation commanded wide support among workers and the less well off. But radical egalitarianism today is the orphan of a defunct socialism. The unruly and abandoned child of the liberal enlightenment had been taken in by socialism in the mid-nineteenth century. Protected and overshadowed by its new foster parent, radical egalitarianism was relieved of the burden of arguing its own case. As socialism’s foster child, equality would be the by-product of an unprecedented post-capitalist order, not something to be defended morally and promoted politically on its own terms in the world as it is.

Keywords: Ultimatum Game; Public Good Game; Dictator Game; Public Account; Moral Sentiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230523098_3

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