Single Idea 23105

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality]

Full Idea

It is certainly not intuitively deplorable that billionaires have more money than millionaires.

Gist of Idea

It is not deplorable that billionaires have more than millionaires

Source

John Kekes (Against Liberalism [1997], 05.3)

Book Reference

Kekes,John: 'Against Liberalism' [Cornell 1997], p.97


A Reaction

Nice point. His claim is that sufficiency is the important feature, and equality is largely irrelevant. The reality, though, is that the billionaires, unlike the millionaires, could solve the insufficiency problem.