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"This book presents a critical appraisal of the main theories of distributive justice, that is, theories that seek to specify what is meant by a just distribution of goods among members of society. It does so in a framework in which all liberal theories of justice are seen as expressions of laissez-faire with compensations for factors that they consider to be morally arbitrary. More specifically, these theories are interpreted as specifying that the outcome of individuals acting independently, without the intervention of any central authority, is just, provided that those who fare ill for reasons that the theories deem to be arbitrary, for example, because they have fewer talents than others, receive compensation from those who fare well. The theories considered may be ordered from those which treat the most factors as being arbitrary to those which treat the least. They are Rawls's justice as fairness, Dworkin's equality of resources, what may loosely be called Steiner-Vallentyne common ownership theories, and Nozick's entitlements theory. The book considers the extent, if any, to which the theories discussed can accommodate both liberty and equality. It concludes that any such accommodation is problematic, but that if it is to be found it will be found among the common ownership theories."--

"Global distributive justice is now part of mainstream political debate. It incorporates issues that are now a familiar feature of the political landscape, such as global poverty, trade justice, aid to the developing world and debt cancellation. This is the first textbook to focus exclusively on issues of distributive justice on the global scale. It gives clear and up-to-date accounts of the major theories of global justice and spells out their significance for a series of important political issues, including climate change, international trade, human rights and migration. These issues are brought to life through the use of case studies, which emphasise the connection of theories of justice to contemporary politics, and 'Further Issues' sections, which discuss emerging debates or controversies that are likely to command increasing attention in the coming years."--Provided by publisher

"Accounting and Justice" challenges the basic assumptions on which the current practice of financial reporting is based. Looking critically at the philosophical basis of the rules that govern the financial reporting companies throughout the world, Flower uses the stakeholder theory of the firm to show that companies have a responsibility to achieve distributive justice, and the company's accounts could play an important role in fulfilling this responsibility.

Liberalism, libertarianism, and economic justice -- Capitalism in the classical and high liberal traditions -- Illiberal libertarians : why libertarianism is not a liberal view -- Distributive justice and the difference principle -- Rawls on distributive justice and the difference principle -- Property-owning democracy and the difference principle -- Private law and Rawls's principles of justice -- Liberal institutions and distributive justice -- The social and institutional bases of distributive justice -- The basic structure of society as the primary subject of justice -- Ideal theory and the justice of institutions -- Constructivism, facts, and moral justification

The first systematic treatment of the role of institutions in cosmopolitan theories of distributive justice. Defining an institution as a public system of rules that sets out positions, rights and duties, Andras Miklos uses a philosophical argument to analyse the roles that social, economic and political institutions play in conditioning the justification, scope and content of principles of justice. He critically evaluates a number of positions about the role of institutions in generating requirements of distributive justice and considers their implications for the scope - global or otherwise - of justice. He then develops a new theory about the role political and economic institutions play in determining the content of requirements of distributive justice and, in a cosmopolitan argument against statist positions, shows how they can affect the scope of application of these requirements.

The wrong paradigm -- Distributive justice -- The firm's responsibility for distributive justice -- The contribution of financial reporting to distributive justice -- The reporting function -- The distribution function -- The information function -- Concluding remarks

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 NATIONALIST THEORIES OF JUSTICE -- Chapter 3 THE POLITICAL CONCEPTION OF JUSTICE -- Chapter 4 RAWLSIAN JUSTICE AND THE LAW OF PEOPLES -- Chapter 5 RAWLSIAN JUSTICE GLOBALISED -- Chapter 6 NON-RELATIONAL COSMOPOLITAN THEORIES -- Chapter 7 INSTITUTIONS AND THE APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

This volume of essays addresses a wide range of issues in contemporary political philosophy, from the different branches of liberalism and their relation to capitalism, to the basic institutions of a liberal society that underwrite political and economic justice