Economic Inequality and the Permissibility of Leveling Down
In this paper I argue that the political and economic domains are analogous for distributive purposes. The upshot of this conclusion is that because we normally think that an unequal distribution of votes is objectionable even if these inequalities are strictly necessary to improve the lives of less...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| En: |
Ethical theory and moral practice
Año: 2023, Volumen: 26, Número: 5, Páginas: 803-832 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | NCC Ética social NCD Ética política NCE Ética económica VA Filosofía ZC Política general ZE Economy / Economics |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Political Equality
B Economic inequality B Leveling down B The Leveling Down Objection B relational equality |
| Acceso en línea: |
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| Sumario: | In this paper I argue that the political and economic domains are analogous for distributive purposes. The upshot of this conclusion is that because we normally think that an unequal distribution of votes is objectionable even if these inequalities are strictly necessary to improve the lives of less informed voters, so we should conclude that an unequal distribution of resources might be similarly objectionable even if strictly necessary to make the worse off better off. Leveling down economic resources is therefore sometimes morally permissible. I consider and reject three types of objections to this view. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10677-023-10411-2 |
