Desert and Justice

Klappentext Does justice require that individuals get what they deserve? Serena Olsaretti brings together new essays by leading moral and political philosophers examining the relation between desert and justice; they also illuminate the nature of distributive justice, and the relationship between desert and other values, such as equality and responsibility. Zusammenfassung Does justice require that individuals get what they deserve? Serena Olsaretti brings together new essays by leading moral and political philosophers examining the relation between desert and justice; they also illuminate the nature of distributive justice, and the relationship between desert and other values, such as equality and responsibility. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: debating desert and justice 1: David Miller: Comparative and non-comparative desert 2: Thomas Hurka: Desert: individualistic and holistic 3: Samuel Scheffler: Distributive justice and economic desert 4: Shelley Kagan: Comparative desert 5: Owen McLeod: On the comparative element of justice 6: Fred Feldman: Return to Twin Peaks: on the intrinsic moral significance of equality 7: Peter Vallentyne: Brute luck equality and desert 8: Serena Olsaretti: Distributive justice and compensatory desert 9: George Sher: Effort and imagination 10: Jonathan Wolff: The dilemma of desert 11: Richard Arneson: The Smart theory of moral responsibility and desert Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Serena Olsaretti, Serena (Department of Philosophy Olsaretti
• Assisted by: Serena Olsaretti (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2003
• EAN: 9780199259762
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925976-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Mind Association Occasional Series; Mind Association Occasional (H; Mind Association Occasional Series; Mind Association Occasional
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)