Choosing Justice

by Frohlich, Norman; Oppenheimer, Joe A.

• ISBN13: 9780520084377
• ISBN10: 0520084373
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr on Demand

Summary

This book presents an entirely new answer to the question: "What is fair?" In their radical approach to ethics, Frohlich and Oppenheimer argue that much of the empirical methodology of the natural sciences should be applied to the ethical questions of fairness and justice.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Understanding Distributive Justice	p. 1
Objectives, Methods, and Research Design
Empirical Considerations Concerning Impartial Reasoning	p. 11
Research Problems	p. 25
Research Design	p. 33
Choices under Conditions of Impartial Reasoning
Basic Results: Impartial Choices	p. 55
Explaining Group Choices of Principles	p. 67
Group Choices of a Floor Constraint	p. 82
The Role of Experimental Factors in Individual Choices	p. 95
Living with Impartial Decisions
Stability of Preferences and Satisfaction in a Working Environment	p. 120
Redistribution and Productivity	p. 132
Conclusions
Implications for Ethical Inquiry and Social Policy	p. 151
Appendix A (Chapter 3): Subject Handbook	p. 185
Appendix B (Chapter 4): Choices of Principles by Experimental Type	p. 203
Appendix C (Chapter 5): Analyzing the Role of Background and Attitudinal Variables	p. 207
Appendix D (Chapter 6): Analyzing the Effect of Location on the Level of Floor Constraint	p. 223
Appendix E (Chapter 7): Analyzing Changes in Support for Principles by Rankings	p. 225
Appendix F (Part III): Production Documents	p. 227
Appendix G (Chapter 8): Setting the Imposed Principle	p. 243
References	p. 247
Index	p. 253
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