Social justice and the Indian rope trick

Intro -- Anthony de Jasay / Social Justice and the Indian Rope Trick, (2015) -- Front Matter -- Half Title Page, p. i -- Frontispiece, p. iv -- Full Title Page, p. v -- Copyright Page, p. vi -- Contents, p. vii -- Preface, p. ix -- Part: Social Justice and the Indian Rope Trick, p. 1 -- Part 1 Is Equal Superior?, p. 1 -- 1. Equalities, the Claims of Social Justice, and the Indian Rope Trick, p. 3 -- 2. Ranking Worlds by Words: A Case for Inequality, p. 33 -- 3. Against Poverty and the Misuse of Language That Helps to Perpetuate it, p. 41 -- 4. The "Justice" That Overrules the Rules of Justice, p. 49 -- Part 2 Inadvertent Surrender, Real Politics, and Rational Man, p. 55 -- 1. The Inadvertent Surrender: Spreading the State, Shrinking Liberty, p. 57 -- 2. Presumption of Liberty, p. 90 -- 3. On Rightsism, p. 93 -- 4. Human Rights and Wrongs: Misnomers, Illusions, Tensions, p. 105 -- Part 3 Contractarianism and Its Surroundings, p. 115 -- 1. Conduct and Contract, p. 117 -- 2. Ordered Anarchy and Contractarianism, p. 127 -- 3. Inspecting the Foundations of Liberalism, p. 133 -- Part 4 Errors and Omissions, p. 151 -- 1. Suckers, Punters, Pathbreakers: When Homo Oeconomicus is Selflessly Selfish, p. 153 -- 2. Who Will Guard the Guardians?, p. 164 -- 3. Can Opportunity be Equal? A Note on False Pretenses in Equality Discourse, p. 173 -- 4. Morals by Agreements, p. 178 -- Index, p. 181 -- Colophon, p. 196.