Equal justice

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Equal justice

Eric Rakowski

Clarendon Press , Oxford University, 1991

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-380) and index

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内容説明

The core of this book is a novel theory of distributive justice premised on the fundamental moral equality of persons. In the light of this theory, Eric Rakowski considers three types of problem which urgently require solutions - the distribution of resources, property rights, and the saving of life - and provides challenging and unconventional answers. Further, he criticizes the economic analysis of law as a normative theory, and develops an alternative account of tort and property law. Among the topics discussed are the principles by which earnings, wealth, and gifts should be taxed; whether the compulsory removal of organs for transplantation can be justified; how doctors and public officials should make life-or-death decisions when all those endangered cannot be helped in equal measure; and the morality of killing human beings and non-human animals.

目次

  • 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

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