Mark R Reiff
Biographic Data
| ID | 4802209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark R Reiff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark R |
| FAMILY NAME | Reiff |
| SIGNATURE | REIFF M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1892-6357 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The libertarian argument for reparations
The case for reparations for grievous acts of historical injustice has been getting a lot of attention lately, both within and outside academia (e.g., California Reparations Report 2023; Coates, 2014; Martin & Yaquinto, 2007). Those who advance it claim that the injuries inflicted by these acts are ongoing and severe, and the only way that members of the groups that were the focus of these acts can begin to regain the place they would have held w…
The just price, exploitation, and prescription drugs
Many people have been enraged lately by the enormous increases in certain generic prescription drugs. But free marketeers defend these prices by arguing that they simply represent what the market will bear, and in a capitalist society there is accordingly nothing wrong with charging them. This paper argues that such a defense is actually contrary to the very principles that free marketeers claim to embrace. These prices are not only unjust and ex…
On Unemployment
With unemployment at historically high rates that show signs of becoming structural, there is a pressing need for an in-depth exploration of this economic injustice. Unemployment is one of the problem
Exploitation and Economic Justice in the Liberal Capitalist State
Exploitation and Economic Justice in the Liberal Capitalist State develops the first new, liberal theory of economic justice to appear since John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin proposed their respective theories back in the 1970s and early 1980s. It does this by presenting a new, liberal egalitarian, non-Marxist theory of exploitation that is designed to be a creature of capitalism, not a critique of it. Indeed, the book shows how we can regulate econo…
Incommensurability and moral value
Some theorists believe that there is a plurality of values, and that in many circumstances these values are incommensurable, or at least incomparable. Others believe that all values are reducible to a single super-value, or that even if there is a plurality of irreducible values these values are commensurable. But I will argue that both sides have got it wrong. Values are neither commensurable nor incommensurable, at least not in the way most peo…
The Difference Principle, Rising Inequality, and Supply-Side Economics
Selon Rawls, le principe de différence est un principe de justice à la fois libéral et égalitaire. On veut dire par là que Rawls entend donner une justification morale à une distribution modérée des revenus par les individus plus fortunés en faveur des individus les plus désavantagés. Cependant, depuis la parution de Une Théorie de la Justice , les inégalités économiques ont augmenté de manière dramatique, atteignant des niveaux jamais vus depuis…
Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility
For many years, Antony Duff has been one of the world's foremost philosophers of criminal law. This volume(s chapters, taken from essays by many of the world's other leading philosophers of criminal law as well as a reply by Duff himself, explore some of the principal themes in his work. Some of the chapters concentrate on the topic of criminalisation. That is, they examine what forms of conduct (including attempts, offensiveness, and negligence)…
International Criminal Law and Philosophy
Proportionality, winner-take-all, and distributive justice
When faced with multiple claims to a particular good, what does distributive justice require? To answer this question, we need a substantive moral theory that will enable us assign relative moral weights to the parties' claims. But this is not all we need. Once we have assessed the moral weight of each party's claim, we still need to decide what method of distribution to employ, for there are two methods open to us. We could take the winner-take-…
Terrorism, Retribution, and Collective Responsibility
The Politics of Masochism
This essay explores why people sometimes act against their economic interests, and, more particularly, why people sometimes knowingly and intentionally support economic inequality even though they are disadvantaged by it, a phenomenon I call masochistic inegalitarianism. The essay argues that such behavior is an inherent and widespread feature of human nature, and that this has important though previously overlooked practical and theoretical impl…
Proportionality, winner-take-all, and distributive justice
When faced with multiple claims to a particular good, what does distributive justice require? To answer this question, we need a substantive moral theory that will enable us assign relative moral weights to the parties' claims. But this is not all we need. Once we have assessed the moral weight of each party's claim, we still need to decide what method of distribution to employ, for there are two methods open to us. We could take the winner-take-…
The Difference Principle, Rising Inequality, and Supply-Side Economics
Selon Rawls, le principe de différence est un principe de justice à la fois libéral et égalitaire. On veut dire par là que Rawls entend donner une justification morale à une distribution modérée des revenus par les individus plus fortunés en faveur des individus les plus désavantagés. Cependant, depuis la parution de Une Théorie de la Justice , les inégalités économiques ont augmenté de manière dramatique, atteignant des niveaux jamais vus depuis…
The Politics of Masochism
This essay explores why people sometimes act against their economic interests, and, more particularly, why people sometimes knowingly and intentionally support economic inequality even though they are disadvantaged by it, a phenomenon I call masochistic inegalitarianism. The essay argues that such behavior is an inherent and widespread feature of human nature, and that this has important though previously overlooked practical and theoretical impl…
Terrorism, Retribution, and Collective Responsibility
Proportionality, winner-take-all, and distributive justice
When faced with multiple claims to a particular good, what does distributive justice require? To answer this question, we need a substantive moral theory that will enable us assign relative moral weights to the parties' claims. But this is not all we need. Once we have assessed the moral weight of each party's claim, we still need to decide what method of distribution to employ, for there are two methods open to us. We could take the winner-take-…
Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility
For many years, Antony Duff has been one of the world's foremost philosophers of criminal law. This volume(s chapters, taken from essays by many of the world's other leading philosophers of criminal law as well as a reply by Duff himself, explore some of the principal themes in his work. Some of the chapters concentrate on the topic of criminalisation. That is, they examine what forms of conduct (including attempts, offensiveness, and negligence)…
International Criminal Law and Philosophy
The Difference Principle, Rising Inequality, and Supply-Side Economics
Selon Rawls, le principe de différence est un principe de justice à la fois libéral et égalitaire. On veut dire par là que Rawls entend donner une justification morale à une distribution modérée des revenus par les individus plus fortunés en faveur des individus les plus désavantagés. Cependant, depuis la parution de Une Théorie de la Justice , les inégalités économiques ont augmenté de manière dramatique, atteignant des niveaux jamais vus depuis…
Exploitation and Economic Justice in the Liberal Capitalist State
Exploitation and Economic Justice in the Liberal Capitalist State develops the first new, liberal theory of economic justice to appear since John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin proposed their respective theories back in the 1970s and early 1980s. It does this by presenting a new, liberal egalitarian, non-Marxist theory of exploitation that is designed to be a creature of capitalism, not a critique of it. Indeed, the book shows how we can regulate econo…
Incommensurability and moral value
Some theorists believe that there is a plurality of values, and that in many circumstances these values are incommensurable, or at least incomparable. Others believe that all values are reducible to a single super-value, or that even if there is a plurality of irreducible values these values are commensurable. But I will argue that both sides have got it wrong. Values are neither commensurable nor incommensurable, at least not in the way most peo…
On Unemployment
With unemployment at historically high rates that show signs of becoming structural, there is a pressing need for an in-depth exploration of this economic injustice. Unemployment is one of the problem
The just price, exploitation, and prescription drugs
Many people have been enraged lately by the enormous increases in certain generic prescription drugs. But free marketeers defend these prices by arguing that they simply represent what the market will bear, and in a capitalist society there is accordingly nothing wrong with charging them. This paper argues that such a defense is actually contrary to the very principles that free marketeers claim to embrace. These prices are not only unjust and ex…
The libertarian argument for reparations
The case for reparations for grievous acts of historical injustice has been getting a lot of attention lately, both within and outside academia (e.g., California Reparations Report 2023; Coates, 2014; Martin & Yaquinto, 2007). Those who advance it claim that the injuries inflicted by these acts are ongoing and severe, and the only way that members of the groups that were the focus of these acts can begin to regain the place they would have held w…
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