Socialism, Behavioral Theory, and the Egalitarian Society

1989 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 23-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard F. Rakos
2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Cautilli
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2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Blessing Onoriode Boloje

This article is an examination of Micah’s theory of justice within the overall context of his oracles of judgements. While there are competing perspectives in the justice of judgement in the book of Micah, particularly in relation to the extent of judgement, this article concerns itself with the interrelatedness and connection between sin and judgement. The judgements envisioned in Micah’s oracles are provoked by the violations of the traditional moral and social solidarities resulting from the Covenant, which formed the basis of society. As an egalitarian society, the social blueprint of Yahweh’s Torah for Israel advocated special concern for weak and vulnerable individuals as fundamental. The gift of Torah inaugurated Israel as a community meant to personify Yahweh’s justice. However, increasing injustice profoundly jeopardized this witness to God’s healing agenda. For failing to uphold justice the perpetrators are liable and the judgements constitute justice. This justice may not necessarily be corrective in quality but punitive. The article therefore examines briefly the background, structure, and approaches to the book of Micah, analyses a unit of judgement oracle (3:1–12), and concludes by synthesising Micah’s theory of justice within the overall context of his oracles of judgements.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingcheng Du ◽  
Chongliang Luo ◽  
Ross Shegog ◽  
Jiang Bian ◽  
Yong Chen ◽  
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Author(s):  
David Rondel

This chapter calls attention to the problematic reductivism and eliminativism endemic among egalitarians of both “vertical” and “horizontal” leanings. Citing many examples, the chapter shows that there is widespread and persistent disagreement about which egalitarian idea—vertical or horizontal, roughly speaking—is the fundamental or overarching one and which idea is merely derivative or epiphenomenal. The argument in this chapter is that we should reject the central premises upon which such disagreement turns: that equality is a single idea, that it has a fundamental locus, and that there is a singular or primary route to the achievement of a genuinely egalitarian society.


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