The Oxford Handbook of Distributive Justice (Oxford Handbooks)

Distributive justice has come to the fore in political philosophy in recent decades: how should we arrange our social and economic institutions so as to distribute fairly the benefits and burdens of social cooperation? Thirty-eight leading figures from philosophy and political theory present specially written critical assessments of the state of research into a broad range of questions about distributive justice. The first seventeen chapters consider how to understand distributive justice and its importance in our world. The remaining fifteen chapters investigate questions about the implementation of distributive justice with regard to a range of aspects of society, including gender, race, the family, education, work, health, language, migration, and climate change. This Oxford Handbook will be a rich and authoritative resource for anyone working on theories of justice. Contents 6 Contributors 10 Introduction: The Idea of Distributive Justice • Serena Olsaretti 16 PART I: CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES 26 1. Rawls on Distributive Justice and the Difference Principle • Samuel Freeman 28 2. Dworkin and Luck Egalitarianism: A Comparison • Richard Arneson 56 3. Equality versus Priority • Michael Otsuka and Alex Voorhoeve 80 4. Sufficiency and Needs- Based Approaches • Gillian Brock 101 5. The Capability Approach • Ingrid Robeyns 124 6. Libertarianism, Left and Right • Joseph Mazor and Peter Vallentyne 144 7. Desert-Based Justice • Jeffrey Moriarty 167 PART II: DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND OTHER VIRTUES 190 8. Retributive Justice • Larry Alexander 192 9. The Good Society • Steven Wall 210 10. The Ethics of Care • Virginia Held 228 11. The Theory and Politics of Recognition • Colin Bird 250 PART III: FOUNDATIONAL DISPUTES 272 12. Distributive Justice and Human Nature • Paula Casal 274 13. Political and Distributive Justice • Chad van Schoelandt and Gerald Gaus 298 14. Consequentialism, Deontology, Contractualism, and Equality • Jonathan Quong 321 15. Ideal Theory • David Schmidtz 342 16. Constructivism, Intuitionism, and Ecumenism • Aaron James 361 17. Conceptual Analysis and Distributive Justice • Matthew H. Kramer 382 PART IV: THE APPLICATION OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE 402 18. Gender • Anca Gheaus 404 19. The Family • Colin Macleod 430 20. Education • Matthew Clayton 453 21. Health • Shlomi Segall 475 22. Discrimination • Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen 494 23. Race • Bernard R. Boxil 513 24. Work • Paul Gomberg 528 25. Exploitation • Benjamin Ferguson and Hillel Steiner 548 26. Public Goods • David Miller and Isaac Taylor 571 27. Cultural and Religious Minorities • Peter Jones 591 28. Language • Alan Patten 612 29. Justice across Borders • Michael Blake 634 30. Migration • Sarah Fine 655 31. Climate Change • Simon Caney 679 32. Future Generations • Rahul Kumar 704 Index 726 Distributive justice has come to the fore in political philosophy in recent decades: how should we arrange our social and economic institutions so as to distribute fairly the benefits and burdens of social cooperation? Thirty-two leading figures from philosophy and political theory present specially written critical assessments of the state of research on a broad range of questions about distributive justice. The first seventeen chapters examine different views of distributive justice and its role in political philosophy, and consider some key methodological questions facing theorists of justice. The remaining fifteen chapters investigate questions about the implementation of distributive justice with regard to a range of aspects of society, including gender, race, the family, education, work, health, language, migration, and climate change. This Oxford Handbook will be a rich and authoritative resource for anyone working on theories of justice. "Distributive justice has come to the fore in political philosophy in recent decades: how should we arrange our social and economic institutions so as to distribute fairly the benefits and burdens of social cooperation? Thirty-eight leading figures from philosophy and political theory present specially written critical assessments of the state of research into a broad range of questions about distributive justice. The first seventeen chapters consider how to understand distributive justice and its importance in our world. The remaining fifteen chapters investigate questions about the implementation of distributive justice with regard to a range of aspects of society, including gender, race, the family, education, work, health, language, migration, and climate change"--Book jacket "Distributive justice has come to the fore in political philosophy in recent decades : how should we arrange our social and economic institutions so as to distribute fairly the benefits and burdens of social cooperation? Thirty-eight leading figures from philosophy and political theory present specially written critical assessments of the state of research into a broad range of questions about distributive justice. The first seventeen chapters consider how to understand distributive justice and its importance in our world. The remaining fifteen chapters investigate questions about the implementation of distributive justice with regard to a range of aspects of society, including gender, race, the family, education, work, health, language, migration, and climate change"--Jaquette Distributive Justice Has Come To The Fore In Political Philosophy: How Should We Arrange Our Social And Economic Institutions So As To Distribute Benefits And Burdens Fairly? Thirty-eight Leading Figures From Philosophy And Political Theory Present Specially Written Critical Assessments Of The Key Issues In This Flourishing Area Of Research.