Choices, Consequences and Desert
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23160085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teun J Dekker (0000-0002-5963-7394, Maastricht University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 109-126 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-174X • E-ISSN: 1502-3923 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00201740902790201 |
| OpenAlex | W2075571060 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
It is a commonly held position in the literature on distributive justice that choices individuals make from an equalized background may lead to inequalities of outcome. This raises the question of how to assign consequences to particular types of behaviour. Theories of justice based on the concept of moral responsibility offer considerable guidance as to how society should be structured, but they rarely address the question of what the consequences of making a particular choice should be. To fill this lacuna, these theories must rely on a theory of consequences. I argue that the most plausible theories of consequences are substantive rather than procedural in nature. Such theories of consequences are inherently based on the concept of desert. By evaluating individuals' choices society may determine the appropriate consequences of choices for which they are responsible.
Desert (philosophy) · Distributive justice · Economic Justice · Economics · Epistemology · Microeconomics · Outcome (game theory) · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · Free Will and Agency · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |