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100 1 _aMulligan, Thomas
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245 1 0 _aJustice and the Meritocratic State
260 _bTaylor & Francis
_c2018
300 _a1 electronic resource (238 p.)
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520 _aLike American politics, the academic debate over justice is polarized, with almost all theories of justice falling within one of two traditions: egalitarianism and libertarianism. This book provides an alternative to the partisan standoff by focusing not on equality or liberty, but on the idea that we should give people the things that they deserve.  Mulligan sets forth a theory of economic justice—meritocracy—which rests upon a desert principle and is distinctive from existing work in two ways. First, meritocracy is grounded in empirical research on how human beings think, intuitively, about justice. Research in social psychology and experimental economics reveals that people simply don’t think that social goods should be distributed equally, nor do they dismiss the idea of social justice. Across ideological and cultural lines, people believe that rewards should reflect merit. Second, the book discusses hot-button political issues and makes concrete policy recommendations. These issues include anti-meritocratic bias against women and racial minorities and the United States’ widening economic inequality. Justice and the Meritocratic State offers a new theory of justice and provides solutions to our most vexing social and economic problems. It will be of keen interest to philosophers, economists, and political theorists.
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653 _aAnarchy
653 _aA Theory of Justice
653 _acapital
653 _aconsequences
653 _acronyism
653 _aDavid Miller
653 _adesert
653 _adesert-based theory of justice
653 _adistributive justice
653 _aeconomic justice
653 _aegalitarianism
653 _aequality
653 _aequal opportunity
653 _aessentialism
653 _aGeorge Sher
653 _ainheritance tax
653 _aintuition
653 _aJohn Rawls
653 _aJustice and the Meritocratic State
653 _ajustice
653 _alibertarianism
653 _aliberty
653 _ameritocracy
653 _ameritocratic public policy
653 _anepotism
653 _apersonal identity
653 _apolitical philosophy
653 _apublic policy
653 _aRobert Nozick
653 _aState, and Utopia
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