Toby Napoletano
Biographic Data
| ID | 5996662 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Toby Napoletano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Toby |
| FAMILY NAME | Napoletano |
| SIGNATURE | NAPOLETANO T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Merced |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4607-4139 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Desert or dignity? Rethinking injustice in wages
A common idea, both in ordinary discourse and in the desert literature, is that wages can be deserved. The thought is not only highly intuitive, but it is also often appealed to in order to explain various injustices in employment income – pay gaps, for instance. In this paper, I challenge the idea that income from employment is the kind of thing that can be deserved. I argue that once one gets clear on the metaphysics of jobs and wages within th…
Meritocracy, meritocratic education, and equality of opportunity
There are two ways, broadly speaking, that one might conceive of meritocratic education. On a standard, ‘narrow’ conception, a meritocratic approach to education is one which distributes certain educational goods and opportunities according to merit. On a second, ‘broader’ conception, however, meritocratic education is an educational system suited to a commitment to meritocracy – where ‘meritocracy’ refers to a particular conception of distributi…
Compositionality as weak supervenience
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Compositionality as weak supervenience
Meritocracy, meritocratic education, and equality of opportunity
There are two ways, broadly speaking, that one might conceive of meritocratic education. On a standard, ‘narrow’ conception, a meritocratic approach to education is one which distributes certain educational goods and opportunities according to merit. On a second, ‘broader’ conception, however, meritocratic education is an educational system suited to a commitment to meritocracy – where ‘meritocracy’ refers to a particular conception of distributi…
Desert or dignity? Rethinking injustice in wages
A common idea, both in ordinary discourse and in the desert literature, is that wages can be deserved. The thought is not only highly intuitive, but it is also often appealed to in order to explain various injustices in employment income – pay gaps, for instance. In this paper, I challenge the idea that income from employment is the kind of thing that can be deserved. I argue that once one gets clear on the metaphysics of jobs and wages within th…
Law (2 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work) · Chemistry (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Dignity (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Employment and Welfare Studies (1 work)