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Book SynopsisHOW TO MAKE OPPORTUNITY EQUAL Paul Gomberg makes a powerful and provocative case that real equality of opportunity can only be achieved by overturning the social division of labor that unfairly handicaps not just black but the working class in general.
Charles W. Mills, University of Illinois at Chicago
An important and original contribution to contemporary debates about justice in political philosophy; and accessible introduction to those debates for students and the lay reader; and a powerful and important challenge to policymakers, educators and employers, to think hard about their responsibilities for enabling people to lead flourishing lives.
Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison
In this impressive book, Paul Gomberg argues ardently, with great optimism, and with philosophical and sociological sophistication, for a radical new theory of egalitarian justice.
David Copp, University of Florida
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“How to Make Opportunity Equal is a bold and principled attempt to grapple with the fundamental problem of justice in the modern world, and along the way manages to throw a great deal of light on the insidious character of modern racial categorizations.” (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, June 2009)
"Gomberg writes in a hard-hitting, knowledgeable and engaging way about the problems of racism in society and marshals an array of evidence to illustrate his case." (Ethical Theory and Moral Practice)
Table of ContentsPreface
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- Who Toils? Race, Equal Opportunity, and the Division of Labor
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- Against Leveling the Playing Field
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- Against Limiting Opportunity
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- Egalitarianism of Opportunity and Other Egalitarianisms
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- Can Everyone be Esteemed?
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- Opportunity for What? Defending the Constellation
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- Sharing Labor
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- Transforming Relationships
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- Is Inequality Necessary?
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- Are Some Born Smarter than Others?
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- Race and Political Philosophy
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- Justice and Markets
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- Contributive Justice
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Acknowledgments.
References.
Index
