James Konow
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 88199 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | James Konow |
| NOMBRES | James |
| APELLIDO | Konow |
| FIRMA | KONOW J |
| AFILIACIONES | Loyola Marymount University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1996 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Equity versus equality
Coercion and Consent
Most moral justifications for coercion have been based on one of two arguments: the consent of the coerced, usually understood as univariate and discrete, or the beneficial consequences of coercion; but many cases do not fit these categories. This paper proposes that consent be understood as our inferences about the agreement of agents, which vary in fine degrees with multiple underlying factors, including agent discretion, the choice set, inform…
Just Luck
Choices involving risk significantly affect the distribution of income and wealth in society. This paper reports the results of the first experiment, to our knowledge, to study fairness views about risk-taking, specifically whether such views are based chiefly on ex ante opportunities or on ex post outcomes. We find that, even though many participants focus exclusively on ex ante opportunities, most favor some redistribution ex post. Many partici…
Blind Spots
Which Is the Fairest One of All? A Positive Analysis of Justice Theories
No man during, either the whole of his life, or that of any considerable part of it, ever trod steadily and uniformly in the path ... of justice, ... whose conduct was not principally directed by a regard to the sentiments of the supposed impartial spectator, of the great inmate of the breast, the great judge and arbiter of conduct. – Adam Smith (1759) p. 357. This paper evaluates numerous positive and normative theories of justice in positive te…
Fair and square
Fair Shares
Everyone has observed people invoking fair-ness arguments in defense of their opinions or actions, and it is not uncommon for such argu-ments to be wielded on both sides of an issue about which views conflict. For example, dur-ing a televised debate Representative Charles B. Rangel said, “I think [Affirmative Action] has to involve a search for fairness, ” whereas com-mentator Avi Nelson opined that “you promote more unfairness than fairness when…
A positive theory of economic fairness
A positive theory of economic fairness
Fair Shares
Everyone has observed people invoking fair-ness arguments in defense of their opinions or actions, and it is not uncommon for such argu-ments to be wielded on both sides of an issue about which views conflict. For example, dur-ing a televised debate Representative Charles B. Rangel said, “I think [Affirmative Action] has to involve a search for fairness, ” whereas com-mentator Avi Nelson opined that “you promote more unfairness than fairness when…
Fair and square
Which Is the Fairest One of All? A Positive Analysis of Justice Theories
No man during, either the whole of his life, or that of any considerable part of it, ever trod steadily and uniformly in the path ... of justice, ... whose conduct was not principally directed by a regard to the sentiments of the supposed impartial spectator, of the great inmate of the breast, the great judge and arbiter of conduct. – Adam Smith (1759) p. 357. This paper evaluates numerous positive and normative theories of justice in positive te…
Blind Spots
Just Luck
Choices involving risk significantly affect the distribution of income and wealth in society. This paper reports the results of the first experiment, to our knowledge, to study fairness views about risk-taking, specifically whether such views are based chiefly on ex ante opportunities or on ex post outcomes. We find that, even though many participants focus exclusively on ex ante opportunities, most favor some redistribution ex post. Many partici…
Coercion and Consent
Most moral justifications for coercion have been based on one of two arguments: the consent of the coerced, usually understood as univariate and discrete, or the beneficial consequences of coercion; but many cases do not fit these categories. This paper proposes that consent be understood as our inferences about the agreement of agents, which vary in fine degrees with multiple underlying factors, including agent discretion, the choice set, inform…
Equity versus equality
Political science (8 obras) · Economics (7 obras) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (7 obras) · Psychology (7 obras) · Economic Justice (6 obras) · Law (6 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras) · Public economics (5 obras) · Microeconomics (4 obras) · Positive economics (4 obras)