Fairness : theory & practice of distributive justice /

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Author / Creator:Rescher, Nicholas.
Imprint:New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, c2002.
Description:xiii, 134 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4769942
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ISBN:0765801108 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface: Distributive Justice
  • 1.. A Look Ahead
  • 2.. The Task of a Theory of Distributive Justice
  • 1.. Treating Claims Impartially
  • 1.. Claims and Their Basis
  • 2.. Fair Shares
  • 3.. Fairness and Advantage
  • 4.. Fair Division
  • 5.. Equality before the State
  • 6.. Impartiality
  • 2.. Abstract Fairness and Claim Proportionality
  • 1.. Strict Fairness
  • 2.. Two Basic Principles
  • 3.. On Objectivity: Strict Fairness is not Subjective
  • 4.. Fairness and Procedural Appropriateness
  • 5.. Allocating Fair Shares
  • 6.. Randomness: A Last Resort
  • 7.. Egalitarian Justifications of Proportionality in Distribution
  • 8.. Negativities
  • 9.. Different Sorts of Claims
  • 3.. The Liabilities and Assets of Fairness
  • 1.. Fairness Does not Seek Popularity nor Honor Power
  • 2.. Distributive Desiderata
  • 3.. A Variety of Allocation Principles
  • 4.. Indivisible Goods Need not Defeat Fairness
  • 5.. Fairness Can Accommodate Shortfalls and Windfalls
  • 4.. Going Beyond Fairness? Subjective Equity and Benevolent Allocation
  • 1.. Subjective Evaluation and Pragmatic Equity
  • 2.. Subjective Equity and Paternalism
  • 3.. Paternalistic Benevolence in Distribution: The Advantages of Allocation by Max-Value Equity
  • 4.. Further Examples
  • 5.. Negativities
  • 6.. Unreasonable and/or Deceptive Valuations
  • 7.. Affective Involvement
  • 8.. A Lesson
  • 5.. Probabilistic Expectations: Dividing Prospective Gains in Risk Situations: The Historical Background
  • 1.. Expectations Generalized
  • 2.. The Leibniz-Keynes Doctrine
  • 3.. The Problem of Adequacy
  • 6.. Predominantism: Limits of Proportionism in Pre-Ownership
  • 1.. Proportionalism vs. Predominance
  • 2.. A Historical Interlude
  • 3.. Leibniz and Keynes at Sea?
  • 4.. Why Predominantism in Ownership Cases
  • 5.. The Lesson
  • 7.. Dividing Credit for Discoveries: Limits of Proportionalism in Teamwork
  • 1.. Distributive vs. Collective Cooperation
  • 2.. Principles of Credit Allocation
  • 3.. Fairness Sustained
  • 8.. The Pragmatic Rationale of Distribution Principles
  • 1.. Epistemic vs. Moral Credit/Discredit
  • 2.. A Difference of Aims
  • 3.. A Look at the Law
  • 4.. Further Perspectives
  • 5.. The Big Picture: Functionalistic Pragmatism
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index