Responsibility and distributive justice / edited by Carl Knight and Zofia Stemplowska.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knight, Carl.

Stemplowska, Zofia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Responsibility.

Distributive justice.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

vi, 309 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Under what conditions are people responsible for their choices and the outcomes of those choices? How could such conditions be fostered by liberal societies? Should what people are due as a matter of justice depend on what they are responsible for? For example, how far should healthcare provision depend on patients past choices?' What values would be realized and which hampered by making justice sensitive to responsibility? Would it give people what they deserve? Would it advance or hinder equality?

The explosion of philosophical interest in such questions has been fuelled by increased focus on individual responsibility in political debates Political philosophers, "especially egalitarians, have responded to such developments by attempting to map out the proper place for responsibility in theories of justice Responsibility and Distributive justice both reflects on these recent developments in normative political theory and moves the debate, forward. Written by established experts in the field and, emerging scholars, it contains previously unpublished essays. It will be of interest to researchers and students in political and moral philosophy. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Luck Egalitarianism-A Primer / Richard J. Ameson Ameson, Richard J. 24

2 Justice, Equality, Fairness, Desert, Rights, Free Will, Responsibility, and Luck / Larry Temkin Temkin, Larry 51

3 Four Approaches to Equal Opportunity / M'rc Fleurb'ey Fleurb'ey, M'rc 77

4 Luck Egalitarianism and Group Responsibility / Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper 98

5 Responsibility and Respect: Reconciling Two Egalitarian Visions / Zofia Stemplowska Stemplowska, Zofia 115

6 Mad, Bad, or Faulty? Desert in Distributive and Retributive Justice / Matt Matravers Matravers, Matt 136

7 Responsibility, Desert, and Justice / Carl Knight Knight, Carl 152

8 Responsibility and False Beliefs / Peter Vallentyne Vallentyne, Peter 174

9 The Public Ecology of Responsibility / Susan Hurley Hurley, Susan 187

10 The Apparent Asymmetry of Responsibility / Avner de-Shalit de-Shalit, Avner, Jonathan Wolff Wolff, Jonathan 216

11 Taking Up the Slack? Responsibility and Justice in Situations of Partial Compliance / David Miller Miller, David 230

12 Luck Prioritarian justice in Health / Shlomi Segall Segall, Shlomi 246

13 Individual and Social Responsibility for Health / Norman Daniels Daniels, Norman 266.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-302) and index.

ISBN:

9780199565801

0199565805

OCLC:

666242538