Principles and Policies

Jan Jonge

Chapter XVIII in Rethinking Rational Choice Theory, 2012, pp 272-277 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract We can separate theories of distributive justice into three elements: moral principles (for example, treating people equally), rules of justice (for example, the average principle), and a particular distribution. The principles define the rules and the rules generate the distribution. In this chapter I have set myself two tasks: first, to question whether it makes sense to look for unique principles and whether hypothetical constructs are useful to compare principles; and second, whether there is a relation between principles for distributive justice and policies.

Keywords: Distributive Justice; Rational Choice Theory; Average Principle; Pareto Improvement; Unique Principle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230355545_21

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