Walzers argument is a puzzling one. After all, why should those qualities unrelated to the production of material goods be rewarded with material goods? Is it not tyrannical, in Pascals sense, to insist that those who excel in sensitivity or the ability to express compassion merit equal wealth with those who excel in qualities essential in producing wealth? Yet Walzers argument, however deficient, does point to one of the most serious weaknesses of capitalismnamely, that it brings to predominant positions in a society people who, no matter how legitimately they have earned their material rewards, often lack those other qualities that evoke affection or admiration. Some even argue plausibly that this weakness may be irremediable: in any society that, like a capitalist society, seeks to become ever wealthier in material terms disproportionate rewards are bound to flow to the people who are instrumental in producing the increase in its wealth.
21. The primary purpose of the passage is to
argue that Walzers critique of liberal capitalism is the cornerstone of Walzers thinking
identify and to deprecate the origins of the intellectual tradition championed by Walzer
present more clearly than does the essay In Defense of Equality the distinctive features of Walzers politico-economic theories
demonstrate that Walzers critique of liberal capitalism is neither original nor persuasive
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