Inheritance of Wealth: Justice, Equality, and the Right to Bequeath - Brossura

Halliday, Daniel

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ISBN 10: 0198860005 ISBN 13: 9780198860006

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, 2020

Riassunto

Daniel Halliday examines the moral grounding of the right to bequeath or transfer wealth. He engages with contemporary concerns about wealth inequality, class hierarchy, and taxation, while also drawing on the history of the egalitarian, utilitarian, and liberal traditions in political philosophy. He presents an egalitarian case for restricting inherited wealth, arguing that unrestricted inheritance is unjust to the extent that it enables and enhances the intergenerational replication of inequality. Here, inequality is understood in a group-based sense: the unjust effects of inheritance are principally in its tendency to concentrate certain opportunities into certain groups. This results in what Halliday describes as 'economic segregation'. He defends a specific proposal about how to tax inherited wealth: roughly, inheritance should be taxed more heavily when it comes from old money. He rebuts some sceptical arguments against inheritance taxes, and makes suggestions about how tax schemes should be designed.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Daniel Halliday teaches political philosophy at Melbourne University. He works mainly on topics relating to justice and political economy. He holds a PhD in philosophy from Stanford University.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198860005
• ISBN 13: 9780198860006
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 248
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile