Egalitarianism, the view that equality matters, attracts a great deal of attention amongst contemporary political theorists. And yet it has turned out to be surprisingly difficult to provide a fully satisfactory egalitarian theory. The cutting-edge articles in Egalitarianism move the debate forward. They are written by some of the leading political philosophers in the field.

• 1: Nils Holtug and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen: An introduction to contemporary egalitarianism


• I. Foundations for equality


• 2: Thomas Christiano: A foundation for egalitarianism


• 3: Ingmar Persson: A defence of extreme egalitarianism


• II. The nature of equality


• 4: Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen: The insignificance of the distinction between telic and deontic egalitarianism


• 5: Nils Holtug: Prioritarianism


• 6: Dennis McKerlie: Egalitarianism and the difference between interpersonal and intrapersonal judgments


• 7: Bertil Tungodden and Peter Vallentyne: Who are the least advantaged?


• 8: Linda Barclay: Feminist distributive justice and the relevance of equal relations


• 9: Peter Vallentyne: Of mice and men: equality and animals


• III. Equality and other values


• 10: Andrew Williams: Liberty, liability, and contractualism


• 11: Richard J. Arneson: Desert and equality


• IV. Applications


• 12: Jonathan Wolff: Market failure, common interests, and the Titanic puzzle


• 13: Susan Hurley: The 'what' and the 'how' of distributive justice and health