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Choosing Expensive Tastes
(Taylor & Francis Group, Routledge, 2007)
Expensive tastes play an important role in contemporary theories of distributive justice. In particular, some suggest that individuals are not entitled to compensation for low well-being that is attributable to expensive ...
Taxation and Redistribution: Some Clarifications
(Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 2007)
This essay revisits certain basic features of tax systems as they relate to redistribution. It focuses on how the actual differences between proportional and graduated taxes with regard to redistribution diverge in important ...
Optimal Income Transfers
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2007)
A substantial literature addresses the design of transfer programs and policies, including the negative income tax, other means-tested transfers, the earned income tax credit, categorical assistance, and work inducements. ...
Primary Goods, Capabilities, or ... Well-Being?
(Duke University Press, 2007)
Theories of distributive justice and of the aggregate social good typically require a method of assessing each individual's situation. Among the common measures are primary goods, capabilities, and well-being. This article ...
Moral Rules, the Moral Sentiments, and Behavior: Toward a Theory of an Optimal Moral System
(University of Chicago Press, 2007)
How should moral sanctions and moral rewards—the moral sentiments involving feelings of guilt and of virtue—be employed to govern individuals’ behavior if the objective is to maximize social welfare? In the model that we ...
Discounting Dollars, Discounting Lives: Intergenerational Distributive Justice and Efficiency
(University of Chicago Press, 2007)
The view that intergenerational distributive justice and efficiency should be treated separately is familiar, yet controversial. This Article elaborates the often-implicit justifications for separate treatment and provides ...