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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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Trade Review
“Undeniably represents a significant contribution to the debate on equality of opportunity. It does valuable work in demonstrating the need to explore a more 'human-activity-based' approach to equal opportunity and provides as such a good starting point for further research. It is written for a broad audience: its argument is accessible and challenging not only for advanced students and professors in the social sciences, but also for general readers. Gomberg succeeds in combining abstract philosophical reasoning with lively illustrations and anecdotes borrowed from the history of the United States, but also from his own experience as a teacher in a public university with a high proportion of black students.” (Metapsychology, October 2008)
"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
Who Toils? Race, Equal Opportunity, and the Division of Labor
Against Leveling the Playing Field
Against Limiting Opportunity
Egalitarianism of Opportunity and Other Egalitarianisms
Can Everyone be Esteemed?
Opportunity for What? Defending the Constellation
Sharing Labor
Transforming Relationships
Is Inequality Necessary?
Are Some Born Smarter than Others?
Race and Political Philosophy
Justice and Markets
Contributive Justice
Acknowledgments.
References.
Index
