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The Ezra Klein Show
Ezra explained that the edited volume argues for a conception of justice centered on nondomination, moving beyond Rawlsian principles toward a democratic model that prevents any group from dominating another.
The heart of the book, it's an edited volume, the heart of the book is this argument that justice, racial justice and all justice has to focus on non-domination.
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Episode: This Isn’t Your Grandpa’s Joe Biden
Ezra explained that the edited volume argues for a conception of justice centered on nondomination, moving beyond Rawlsian principles toward a democratic model that prevents any group from dominating another.
The heart of the book, it's an edited volume, the heart of the book is this argument that justice, racial justice and all justice has to focus on non-domination.
This leads them away from this kind of liberal reliance on John Rawls and a kind of difference principle and towards a very new or different way of thinking about democracy.
For example, they argue that representation has to move away from statistical mirroring. You know, like if you are 40 percent of the population, you should get 40 percent of the political representatives. We have to move away from that to a politics that make sure that rules and institutions don't allow one group to dominate another group.