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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Serena Olsaretti, Serena ( Olsaretti, Serena (Department of Philosophy Olsaretti
• Con la collaborazione di: Serena Olsaretti (Editore), Olsaretti Serena (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 24.07.2003
• EAN: 9780199259762
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925976-2
• Pagine: 284
• Serie: Mind Association Occasional Series; Mind Association Occasional (H; Mind Association Occasional Series; Mind Association Occasional
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law