1st Edition

Autonomy and Equality Relational Approaches

Edited By Natalie Stoljar, Kristin Voigt Copyright 2022
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages
by Routledge

This book draws connections and explores important questions at the intersection of the debates about relational autonomy and relational equality. Although these two research areas share several common assumptions and concerns, their connections have not been systematically explored. The essays in this volume address theoretical questions at the intersection of relational theories of autonomy... Read more

1. Introduction: A relational turn in political philosophy

Natalie Stoljar and Kristin Voigt

2. Relational Equality and the Debate Between Externalist and Internalist Theories of Relational Autonomy

Catriona Mackenzie

3. Could Friends of Relational Autonomy be Relational Sufficientarians Rather than Relational Egalitarians?

Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen

4. The Wrongs of Relational Inequalities

Éliot Litalien

5. Relational Autonomy, Equality, and Self-Respect

Christian Schemmel

6. Autonomy, Relational Egalitarianism, and Indignation

Rebekah Johnston

7. Regarding Oneself as an Equal

Natalie Stoljar and Kristin Voigt

8. How Being Better Off Is Bad for You: Implications for Distribution, Relational Equality and an Egalitarian Ethos

Carina Fourie

9. Microaggressions: A Relational Analysis of Harm

Nabina Liebow

10. Musical Performance as a Route to Relational Autonomy and Social Equality

Jonathan Wolff

Biography

Natalie Stoljar is Professor of Philosophy at McGill University, jointly appointed in the Institute for Health and Social Policy. She is co-editor, with Catriona Mackenzie, of Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency, and the Social Self (2000).

Kristin Voigt is an Associate Professor at McGill University, jointly appointed in the Institute for Health and Social Policy and the Department of Philosophy.

"Autonomy and Equality: Relational Approaches brings together 10 new essays by prominent philosophers on the hitherto unexamined yet patent interconnection of relational autonomy and political equality. The volume breaks new ground and constitutes an invaluable contribution to social and political philosophy." -- Marina Oshana, Professor Emerita, University of California, Davis, USA.