A theory of fairness from consistency

Bibliographic Data

ID21405317
AuthorsStefan Wintein (0000-0002-1394-9704, Erasmus University Rotterdam, corresponding author)
Year2026
Volume100
Issue2
Pages479-496
Publication date2026-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory and Decision (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-5833 • E-ISSN: 1573-7187
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11238-025-10081-9
OpenAlexW4413426930
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

Firstly, I articulate a fairness conception (FC) which combines the basic thesis of Broome’s well-known 1990 account of fairness with a requirement of non-comparative fairness and the Aristotelian thought that like cases should be treated alike . Secondly, I argue that FC implies than any fair allocation rule should respect five axioms which, conjointly, are shown to characterize the absolute priority rule $$P^\dag $$ P † . In this characterization, the consistency axiom plays a pivotal role. Thirdly, I comment on the significance of the obtained results for literatures in, respectively, philosophy and economics

Consistency (knowledge bases) · Discrete mathematics · Economics · Game theory · Mathematical economics · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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