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Liberty, desert and the market : a philosophical study / Serena Olsaretti.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olsaretti, Serena, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Distributive justice.
- Free enterprise--Social aspects.
- Free enterprise.
- Free enterprise--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Income distribution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Other Title:
- Liberty, Desert & the Market
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Are inequalities of income created by the free market just? In this book Serena Olsaretti examines two main arguments that justify those inequalities: the first claims that they are just because they are deserved, and the second claims that they are just because they are what free individuals are entitled to. Both these arguments purport to show, in different ways, that giving responsible individuals their due requires that free market inequalities in incomes be allowed. Olsaretti argues, however, that neither argument is successful, and shows that when we examine closely the principle of desert and the notions of liberty and choice invoked by defenders of the free market, it appears that a conception of justice that would accommodate these notions, far from supporting free market inequalities, calls for their elimination. Her book will be of interest to a wide range of readers in political philosophy, political theory and normative economics.
- Contents:
- 1. Desert and justifications of the market
- 2. Incentive payments and compensatory desert
- 3. Productive contributions and deserved market rewards
- 4. Liberty and entitlements in the libertarian justification of the free market
- 5. moralised defence of the free market : a critique
- 6. free market, force and choice : beyond libertarians and their critics.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-16144-4
- 1-280-70313-X
- 0-511-23138-5
- 0-511-23061-3
- 0-511-22899-6
- 0-511-31663-1
- 0-511-48742-8
- 0-511-22983-6
- OCLC:
- 252529783
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