Empirical social choice : questionnaire : experimental studies on distributive justice / Wulf Gaertner and Erik Schokkaert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaertner, Wulf, author.

Schokkaert, Erik, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social choice.

Distributive justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since Aristotle, many different theories of distributive justice have been proposed, by philosophers as well as social scientists. The typical approach within social choice theory is to assess these theories in an axiomatic way - most of the time the reader is confronted with abstract reasoning and logical deductions. This book shows that empirical insights are necessary if one wants to apply any theory of justice in the real world. It does so by confronting the main theories of distributive justice with data from (mostly) questionnaire experiments. The book starts with an extensive discussion on why empirical social choice makes sense and how it should be done. It then presents various experimental results relating to theories of distributive justice, including the Rawlsian equity axiom, Harsanyi's version of utilitarianism, utilitarianism with a floor, responsibility-sensitive egalitarianism, the claims problem and fairness in health.

Contents:

Introduction

Empirical social choice : why and how?

Traditional questions in social choice theory

New questions: fairness in economic environments

Fairness in health

Final remarks.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22972-3

1-139-20993-0

1-280-48526-4

1-139-22287-2

9786613580245

1-139-21807-7

1-139-22459-X

1-139-21498-5

1-139-22115-9

1-139-01286-X

OCLC:

775869964