Gina Schouten

Gina Schouten, Harvard philosopher and author of The Anatomy of Justice, offers a reorientation of liberal egalitarianism toward an evaluative 'anatomy' of justice. She discusses how mutual respect reframes egalitarian demands, navigates distributive versus relational tensions, and shows how this framework diagnoses cultural and institutional injustices without abandoning principles.

Gina Schouten, philosopher and professor who studies liberal egalitarianism, gender, and educational justice. She presents a shift from prescribing principles to promoting evaluative discernment. Short takes cover how mutual respect grounds egalitarian demands, how relational and distributive equality can be integrated, and how culture, institutions, and responsibility shape justice.

Gina Schouten, philosophy professor and author of The Anatomy of Justice, reorients liberal egalitarianism toward an “anatomy of justice.” She explains evaluative discernment over prescriptive principles. Short takes cover mutual respect as a thick political ideal, how relational and distributive equality fit together, and how the anatomy guides judgments about institutions, culture, and individual responsibility.