Studies at the Intersection of Philosophy and Economics

 

Rationality, Markets, and Morals: RMM 0 (2009), 267 – 271

The ‘Justice’ That Overrules the Rules of Justice

Abstract

Justice is intrinsically distributive; it distributes by its rules. Distributive‘ or social‘ justice redistributes by overruling them. It has theories that do not start from here‘. It has no rules; it makes claims instead. Both its names are fraudulent aliases, social‘ perhaps less blatantly so. Satisfaction of a claim in `social‘ justice depends on politics and tends to favour the poorer half of society. This commands general sympathy, but sympathy does not make it any less unjust.

Journal Information

RMM is an interdisciplinary open access journal focusing on issues of rationality, market mechanisms, and the experimental method of reasoning into moral subjects. It provides a forum for dialogue between philosophy, economics, and related disciplines, encouraging critical reflection on the foundations and implications of economic processes.

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