Justice and the meritocratic state / / Thomas Mulligan.
Like American politics, the academic debate over justice is polarized, with almost all theories of justice falling within one of two traditions: egalitarianism and libertarianism. This book provides an alternative to the partisan standoff by focusing not on equality or liberty, but on the idea that...
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Mulligan, Thomas (Junior Faculty Fellow), author. Justice and the meritocratic state / Thomas Mulligan. 1st ed. Taylor & Francis 2018 New York : Routledge, 2018. 1 online resource (238 pages) text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Political philosophy for the real world ; 2 Includes bibliographical references and index. On justice -- Meritocracy : the basics -- The metatheory of justice -- What we think about justice and why it matters -- A meritocratic theory of economic justice -- The foundation of meritocracy -- On the distribution of jobs -- On the distribution of income -- Defending desert from John Rawls -- Meritocratic public policy -- Meritocratic taxation -- Meritocratic social programs, and final matters. Like American politics, the academic debate over justice is polarized, with almost all theories of justice falling within one of two traditions: egalitarianism and libertarianism. This book provides an alternative to the partisan standoff by focusing not on equality or liberty, but on the idea that we should give people the things that they deserve. Mulligan sets forth a theory of economic justice - meritocracy - which rests upon a desert principle and is distinctive from existing work in two ways. First, meritocracy is grounded in empirical research on how human beings think, intuitively, about justice. Research in social psychology and experimental economics reveals that people simply don’t think that social goods should be distributed equally, nor do they dismiss the idea of social justice. Across ideological and cultural lines, people believe that rewards should reflect merit. Second, the book discusses hot-button political issues and makes concrete policy recommendations. These issues include anti-meritocratic bias against women and racial minorities and the United States’ widening economic inequality. Justice and the Meritocratic State offers a new theory of justice and provides solutions to our most vexing social and economic problems. It will be of keen interest to philosophers, economists, and political theorists. Description based on print version record. English Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Unrestricted online access star State, The Moral and ethical aspects. Justice (Philosophy) Merit (Ethics) Political aspects. Anarchy A Theory of Justice capital consequences cronyism David Miller desert desert-based theory of justice distributive justice economic justice egalitarianism equality equal opportunity essentialism George Sher inheritance tax intuition John Rawls Justice and the Meritocratic State justice libertarianism liberty meritocracy meritocratic public policy nepotism personal identity political philosophy public policy Robert Nozick State, and Utopia 0-367-37228-2 1-138-28380-0 |
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