Macrojustice - The Political Economy of Fairness

Klappentext This text explores the concept of 'macrojustice' for determining a fair distribution of resources in society. Zusammenfassung In the just society! individuals' freedom is fully respected! and redistribution amounts to an equal sharing of individuals' different earnings obtained by the same limited 'equalization labour'. The concept of equalization labour is determined by a number of methods presented in this volume. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Bases: Consensus, Freedoms and Capacities: 1. Macrojustice: an overview of its place, method, structure and result; 2. Social freedom; 3. The liberal theory; 4. Free and equal in rights; 5. Resources; 6. Capacities; Part II. Overall Distributive Justice: ELIE (Equal Labour Income Equalization): 7. Equal labour income equalization: general presentation; 8. Models of labour and productivity; 9. Equal duration income equalization; 10. Information; 11. Income justice; 12. General equal labour income equalization: the model; 13. Involuntary unemployment; Part III. Comparisons with Policies and Philosophies: 14. Comparisons: general issues; 15. Comparison with distributive schemes; 16. Comparison with philosophies; Part IV. The Degree of Community, Equality, Reciprocity, and Solidarity: 17. The degree of redistribution, solidarity, community, and reciprocity; 18. Impartiality, consensus, and information; 19. Disinterested judgments and the moral surplus; 20. Communication and dialogue; 21. Impartialization and consensus; Part V. Comparison with Economics' Social Ethics: 22. Related economic values; 23. The structure and substance of distributive principles; 24. Happiness and freedom; 25. Freedoms, responsibility, desert, merit, equality of opportunity, capacities, capabilities, basic needs; 26. The theory of equivalence; 27. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Serge-Christophe Kolm, Serge-Christophe (Ecole Des Hautes Etudes En Kolm, Kolm Serge-Christophe
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521176545
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17654-5
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 31 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; PHILOSOPHY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Labour / income economics, Political science & theory, Labour Economics, Sociology & anthropology, Political science and theory, Sociology and anthropology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General