Paul Gomberg
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1118263 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Paul Gomberg |
| NOMBRES | Paul |
| APELLIDO | Gomberg |
| FIRMA | GOMBERG P |
| AFILIACIONES | c/o Department of Philosophy 1240 Social Science and Humanities University of California, Davis Davis, CA 95616 |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1975 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Why Distributive Justice is Impossible but Contributive Justice Would Work
Distributive justice, defined as justice in distribution of income and wealth, is impossible. Income and wealth are distributed either unequally or equally. If unequally, then those with less are unjustly subject to social contempt. But equal distribution is impossible because it is inconsistent with bargaining to advance our own good. Hence justice in distribution of income and wealth is impossible. More generally, societies where social relatio…
Dilemmas of Rawlsian Opportunity
In A Theory of Justice and elsewhere John Rawls writes that the basic structure of any society affects the life prospects of those growing up in different ‘starting places,’ yet his conception of equal opportunity seems to require that one's opportunities not be affected by the class position of one's birth. Here I explicate this apparent contradiction and reconcile these assertions. In Rawlsian fair equality of opportunity children from working-…
How to Make Opportunity Equal
Why be Moral
Patriotism is Like Racism
Consequentialism and History
John Stuart Mill wrote in the opening chapter of Utilitarianism , ‘A test of right and wrong must be the means, one would think, of ascertaining what is right or wrong,’ thus explaining why he thought the work to follow was practically important. In Chapter 3, ‘On the Ultimate Sanction of the Principle of Utility,’ he answers the question, ‘What are the motives to obey the principle of utility?’ This principle is presented as a morality to be ado…
Political Violence
Knowledge
Coherence and Causal Inference in Hume's Treatise
Discussing the influence of the coherence of our perceptions on our belief in the continued existence of objects when unperceived (in Part IV of Book I of the Treatise), Hume says: ...tho’ this conclusion [that objects continue to exist unperceived] from the coherence of appearances may seem to be of the same nature with our reasonings concerning causes and effects ... they are at the bottom considerably different from each other .... Since nothi…
The Primacy of Practice
Why Distributive Justice is Impossible but Contributive Justice Would Work
Distributive justice, defined as justice in distribution of income and wealth, is impossible. Income and wealth are distributed either unequally or equally. If unequally, then those with less are unjustly subject to social contempt. But equal distribution is impossible because it is inconsistent with bargaining to advance our own good. Hence justice in distribution of income and wealth is impossible. More generally, societies where social relatio…
Coherence and Causal Inference in Hume's Treatise
Discussing the influence of the coherence of our perceptions on our belief in the continued existence of objects when unperceived (in Part IV of Book I of the Treatise), Hume says: ...tho’ this conclusion [that objects continue to exist unperceived] from the coherence of appearances may seem to be of the same nature with our reasonings concerning causes and effects ... they are at the bottom considerably different from each other .... Since nothi…
Consequentialism and History
John Stuart Mill wrote in the opening chapter of Utilitarianism , ‘A test of right and wrong must be the means, one would think, of ascertaining what is right or wrong,’ thus explaining why he thought the work to follow was practically important. In Chapter 3, ‘On the Ultimate Sanction of the Principle of Utility,’ he answers the question, ‘What are the motives to obey the principle of utility?’ This principle is presented as a morality to be ado…
The Primacy of Practice
Knowledge
Coherence and Causal Inference in Hume's Treatise
Discussing the influence of the coherence of our perceptions on our belief in the continued existence of objects when unperceived (in Part IV of Book I of the Treatise), Hume says: ...tho’ this conclusion [that objects continue to exist unperceived] from the coherence of appearances may seem to be of the same nature with our reasonings concerning causes and effects ... they are at the bottom considerably different from each other .... Since nothi…
Political Violence
Consequentialism and History
John Stuart Mill wrote in the opening chapter of Utilitarianism , ‘A test of right and wrong must be the means, one would think, of ascertaining what is right or wrong,’ thus explaining why he thought the work to follow was practically important. In Chapter 3, ‘On the Ultimate Sanction of the Principle of Utility,’ he answers the question, ‘What are the motives to obey the principle of utility?’ This principle is presented as a morality to be ado…
Patriotism is Like Racism
Why be Moral
How to Make Opportunity Equal
Dilemmas of Rawlsian Opportunity
In A Theory of Justice and elsewhere John Rawls writes that the basic structure of any society affects the life prospects of those growing up in different ‘starting places,’ yet his conception of equal opportunity seems to require that one's opportunities not be affected by the class position of one's birth. Here I explicate this apparent contradiction and reconcile these assertions. In Rawlsian fair equality of opportunity children from working-…
Why Distributive Justice is Impossible but Contributive Justice Would Work
Distributive justice, defined as justice in distribution of income and wealth, is impossible. Income and wealth are distributed either unequally or equally. If unequally, then those with less are unjustly subject to social contempt. But equal distribution is impossible because it is inconsistent with bargaining to advance our own good. Hence justice in distribution of income and wealth is impossible. More generally, societies where social relatio…
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