Fleurbaey, Marc
Fairness, Responsibility, and Welfare
sections from the rest of the text, so that the main concepts and ideas are easily accessible to non-technical readers.
It is often thought that responsibility is a complex notion, but this monograph proposes a simple analytical framework that makes it possible to disentangle the different concepts of fairness that deal with neutralizing inequalities for which the individuals are not held responsible, rewarding their effort, respecting their choices, or staying neutral with respect to their responsibility sphere. It dwells on paradoxes and impossibilities only as a way to highlight important ethical options and
always proposes solutions and reasonable compromises among the conflicting values surrounding equality and responsibility.
The theory is able to incorporate disincentive problems and is illustrated in the examination of applied policy issues such as: income redistribution when individuals may be held responsible for their choices of labor supply or education; social and private insurance when individuals may be held responsible for their risky lifestyle; second chance policies; the measurement of inequality of opportunities and social mobility. -
Nyckelord: PHILOSOPHY / General PHI000000
- Författare
- Fleurbaey, Marc
- Utgivare
- Oxford University Press
- Utgivningsår
- 2008
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Kategori
- Filosofi
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780191550713