Why Social Justice Matters

Preface vii

Part I Social Justice: The Basics

1 Why We Need a Theory 3

2 The Machinery of Social Injustice 14

3 The Scope of Social Justice 27

Part II Equality of Opportunity

4 Why Equal Opportunity? 37

5 Education 46

6 Health 70

7 The Making of the Black Gulag 95

Part IV The Cult of Personal Responsibility

10 Responsibility versus Equality? 131

11 Rights and Responsibilities 142

12 Irresponsible Societies 154

Part V The Demands of Social Justice

13 Pathologies of Inequality 169

14 Wealth 186

15 Jobs and Incomes 200

16 Can We Afford Social Justice? 215

Part VI The Future of Social Justice

17 The Power of Ideas 233

18 How Change Happens 243

19 Meltdown? 251

20 Justice or Bust 261

Notes 274

Index 311