TY  - GEN
AU  - Mulligan,Thomas
TI  - Justice and the Meritocratic State
T2  - Political Philosophy for the Real World
SN  - 9781315270005
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - Social and political philosophy
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Political economy
KW  - Economic theory and philosophy
KW  - Centrist democratic ideologies
KW  - Social discrimination and social justice
KW  - Public administration
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Top Marginal Income Tax Rate
KW  - Meritorious Applicant
KW  - Justice and the Meritocratic State
KW  - Desert Basis
KW  - justice
KW  - Current Social Welfare System
KW  - economic justice
KW  - Young Man
KW  - John Rawls
KW  - Child’s Future Ability
KW  - Robert Nozick
KW  - Luck Egalitarian
KW  - political philosophy
KW  - Meritocratic Hiring
KW  - egalitarianism
KW  - Equal Opportunity Framework
KW  - libertarianism
KW  - Meritorious Contributions
KW  - meritocracy
KW  - Meritocratic Framework
KW  - equality
KW  - Desert Object
KW  - liberty
KW  - Meritocratic Ideal
KW  - David Miller
KW  - Reflective Equilibrium
KW  - George Sher
KW  - Violate
N1  - Open Access
N2  - Like 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
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102458/1/9781351980777.pdf
UR  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160387
ER  -