Equal Justice
Specificaties
Paperback, 400 blz.
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Engels
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1993
ISBN13: 9780198240792
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Clarendon Paperbacks
Levertijd ongeveer 11 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
This book sets forth a novel theory of distributive justice premised on the fundamental moral equality of persons.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780198240792
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:400
Hoofdrubriek:Algemeen juridisch, Juridisch
Serie:Clarendon Paperbacks
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction; Part I. Equality of Fortune: The presumption in favor of equal shares; Voluntary choices and emergent inequalities; Ineluctable risks: illness and injury; Occupational preferences, effort, and desert; Unequal endowments; Gifts, bequests, and intergenerational obligations; Justice and the transfer of body parts; Part II. Corrective Justice: The problem of liability rules: the failings of wealth maximization as a normative ideal; Outline of a theory of corrective justice; Illustrations; Part III. Saving and Taking Life: Do numbers count when saving lives?; The relevance of personal characteristics to choices between lives; Killing people or animals to benefit others; Envoi; Bibliography; Index