Equal Justice - Couverture rigide

Rakowski, Eric

 
9780198248750: Equal Justice
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 019824875X ISBN 13 : 9780198248750
Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1991

Synopsis

The core of this book is a novel theory of distributive justice premised on the fundamental moral equality of persons. In the light of this theory, Eric Rakowski considers three types of problem which urgently require solutions - the distribution of resources, property rights, and the saving of life - and provides challenging and unconventional answers. Further, he criticizes the economic analysis of law as a normative theory, and develops an alternative account of tort and property law.

Among the topics discussed are the principles by which earnings, wealth, and gifts should be taxed; whether the compulsory removal of organs for transplantation can be justified; how doctors and public officials should make life-or-death decisions when all those endangered cannot be helped in equal measure; and the morality of killing human beings and non-human animals.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The core of this book is a novel theory of distributive justice premised on the fundamental moral equality of persons. In the light of this theory, Eric Rakowski considers three types of problem which urgently require solutions - the distribution of resources, property rights, and the saving of life - and provides challenging and unconventional answers. Further, he criticizes the economic analysis of law as a normative theory, and develops an alternative account of tort and property law. Among the topics discussed are the principles by which earnings, wealth, and gifts should be taxed; whether the compulsory removal of organs for transplantation can be justified; how doctors and public officials should make life-or-death decisions when all those endangered cannot be helped in equal measure; and the morality of killing human beings and non-human animals.

Revue de presse

`A provocative, well-argued, elegantly written book that will root out any complacency that a reader might have had about these eternal issues on starting it.' Howard Davies, Times Higher Education Supplement

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Éditeur
Clarendon Press
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
019824875X
ISBN 13 
9780198248750
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
398
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie
ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it

Via Verdi, 8
Assago Milano
20090
Italie

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9780198240792: Equal Justice (Clarendon Paperbacks)

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0198240791 ISBN 13 :  9780198240792
Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 1993
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