The Value of Time Matters for Temporal Justice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21701751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jens Jørund Tyssedal (0000-0001-7666-790X, Aarhus University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 183-196 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1386-2820 • E-ISSN: 1572-8447 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10677-020-10149-1 |
| OpenAlex | W3119664536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 18 |
There has recently been a revived interest in temporal justice among political philosophers. For example, lone mothers have, on average, 30 h less free time per week than people in couples without children. Recent work has focussed on free time as a distinct distributive good, but this paper argues that it would be a mistake for a theory of temporal justice to focus only on shares of free time. First, I argue that the concept of free time does not succeed in tracking discretionary control over time. All of time is a resource, and the particular moral relevance of free time must be established otherwise. Second, hours of time differ in use value, and we cannot fully track our concerns about the allocation of time, whether free or necessary, without taking this into account. We care about free time but also about ‘quality (of) time’. To explain this observation, I develop an account of the value of time as a resource. The value of time periods differs with the prospects for which a time period can be used, that is, what we can do and be with it. What we are allocating when we are allocating time is not just hours; it is hours of time with a certain value. Finally, I argue that a concern for the value of time is compatible with a resourcist theory of temporal justice
Distributive justice · Economic Justice · Economics · Law and economics · Microeconomics · Mistake · Philosophy of medicine · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Time allocation · Time value of money · Travel time · Value of time · Work time · Economic and Social Issues · Law · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Political Philosophy and Ethics
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |