The Difficulty of Tolerance notes

This document is a reading guide for Scanlon "The Diversity of Objections to Inequality". You will find answers to 8 questions that will help you understand the main thesis and subtleties of Williams' approach. The questions are : a. What is the difference between a humanitarian concern as opposed to an egalitarian one? If they are different, then how could a humanitarian concern become a reason in favor of substantive equality? b. What is the problem, from an egalitarian perspective, with...

This document is a reading guide for Scanlon "The Diversity of Objections to Inequality". You will find answers to 8 questions that will help you understand the main thesis and subtleties of Williams' approach. The questions are : a. What is the difference between a humanitarian concern as opposed to an egalitarian one? If they are different, then how could a humanitarian concern become a reason in favor of substantive equality? b. What is the problem, from an egalitarian perspective, with...