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Overview
Chapter Three examines the following topics: (1) The concepts of justice and business decisions. (2) Fairness, equality, rights, what people deserve, and some rival principles of distribution. (3) The utilitarian approach to justice in general and economic distribution in particular. (4) The libertarian theory with its emphasis on liberty and free exchange. (5) John Rawlss contractualist and egalitarian theory. Business Ethics
Chapter 3
Introduction
Economic justice concerns a network of moral issues in our society.
These issues are raised by societys norms about distribution of wealth, income, status, and power.
Should CEOs give themselves enormous salaries at the
expense of stockholder profits and employee salaries? Should expensive medical procedures be available only to those who can afford them?
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social norms.
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(5) The nature and extent of social security and welfare provisions.
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each ticket. He is a favorite player and eventually ends up with far more than the average income. Nozick argues that Chamberlain is entitled to his new wealth, and that any other theory of economic justice would inevitably fail to defend his entitlement.
Main features: John Rawls (19212002), one of the most influential contemporary social and political philosophers, suggests a social concept of justice in his ground-breaking work A Theory of Justice. Two important features of Rawlss theory: (1) The hypothetical-contract approach. (2) The principles of justice that Rawls derives through it.
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