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Social justice and individual ethics in an open society : equality, responsibility, and incentives /

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Can the need for incentives justify inequality? Starting from this question, Frank Vandenbroucke examines a conception of justice in which both equality and responsibility are involved. In the first part of the inquiry, which explores the implementation of that conception of justice, the justificati...

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Main Author: Vandenbroucke, Frank, 1955-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2001]
Series:Studies in economic ethics and philosophy.
Subjects:
Incentives in industry > Moral and ethical aspects.
Welfare economics.
Social justice.
Gleichheit.
Verantwortung.
Soziale Gerechtigkeit.
Individualethik.
Offene Gesellschaft.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART I: JUST INCENTIVE POLICIES: I. Responsibility-Sensitive Egalitarian Justice
  • II. Information, Efficiency, and Morality
  • III. Responsibility, Well-being, Information, and the Design of Just Policies
  • PART II: JUSTICE AND INCENTIVES: IV. Do Incentives Justify Inequality?- V. Van Parijs's "Safeguard": One-Nation Pareto-ism
  • VI. The Moral Division of Labour, Social Structure, and Rules
  • VII. Rawl's Basic Structure Argument: A Critical Appraisal
  • VIII. Publicity, Stability, and the Tasks of Political Philosophy
  • Synopsis and Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names.