Choosing justice : an experimental approach to ethical theory /

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.

Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: Frohlich, Norman
Другие авторы: Oppenheimer, Joe A.
Формат: Licensed eBooks
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press 1992.
Серии:California series on social choice and political economy ; 22.
Online-ссылка:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.5233000
Оглавление:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Understanding Distributive Justice
  • CHAPTER ONE. Empirical Considerations Concerning Impartial Reasoning
  • CHAPTER TWO. Research Problems
  • CHAPTER THREE. Research Design
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Basic Results Impartial Choices
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Explaining Group Choices of Principles
  • CHAPTER SIX. Group Choices of a Floor Constraint
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. The Role of Experimental Factors in Individual Choices
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Stability of Preferences and Satisfaction in a Working Environment
  • CHAPTER NINE. Redistribution and Productivity
  • CHAPTER TEN. Implications for Ethical Inquiry and Social Policy
  • APPENDIX A. Subject Handbook
  • APPENDIX B. Choices of Principles by Experimental Type
  • APPENDIX C. Analyzing the Role of Background and Attitudinal Variables
  • APPENDIX D. Analyzing the Effect of Location on the Level of Floor Constraint
  • APPENDIX E. Analyzing Changes in Support for Principles by Rankings
  • APPENDIX F. Production Documents
  • APPENDIX G. Setting the Imposed Principle
  • References
  • Index