Responsibility and Distributive Justice

. Ed(s): Knight, Carl; Stemplowska, Zofia

ISBN 10: 0198707959 / ISBN 13: 9780198707950

Published by Oxford University Press, 2014

About this Item

This volume presents new essays investigating a difficult theoretical and practical problem: how do we find a place for individual responsibility in a theory of distributive justice? Does what we choose affect what we deserve? Would making justice sensitive to responsibility give people what they deserve? Would it advance or hinder equality? Editor(s): Knight, Carl; Stemplowska, Zofia. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462. . 2014. Reprint. paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Responsibility and Distributive Justice
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198707959
• ISBN 13: 9780198707950
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Under what conditions are people responsible for their choices and the outcomes of those choices? How could such conditions be fostered by liberal societies? Should what people are due as a matter of justice depend on what they are responsible for? For example, how far should healthcare provision depend on patients' past choices? What values would be realized and which hampered by making justice sensitive to responsibility? Would it give people what they deserve? Would it advance or hinder equality?

The explosion of philosophical interest in such questions has been fuelled by increased focus on individual responsibility in political debates. Political philosophers, especially egalitarians, have responded to such developments by attempting to map out the proper place for responsibility in theories of justice. Responsibility and Distributive Justice both reflects on these recent developments in normative political theory and moves the debate forwards. Written by established experts in the field and emerging scholars, it contains essays previously unpublished in academic books or journals. It will be of interest to researchers and students in political and moral philosophy.

About the Author

Carl Knight is Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Thought at the University of Glasgow and is also a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. He has published several articles on responsibility and distributive justice and is the author of Luck Egalitarianism: Equality, Responsibility, and Justice (Edinburgh University Press, 2009).

Zofia Stemplowska is Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Oxford. She has published articles on responsibility and distributive justice and on other topics.