Fairness : theory & practice of distributive justice /
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| Author / Creator: | Rescher, Nicholas. |
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| 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 |
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