ABSTRACT

Michael Walzer’s work in political philosophy, ranging from Obligations 1 through Just and Unjust Wars, 2 to Interpretation and Social Criticism 3 and Spheres of Justice, 4 is a marvelously rich vein of ideas and insights, which I find myself returning to time and time again. In these remarks, I will focus on the conception of equality that Walzer defends in Spheres of Justice, and on its relation to the pluralistic conception of equality that I myself have been led to, partly under his influence.