Justice and Spontaneity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6384128 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giovanni Molo (London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication date | 1997-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Swiss Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1424-7755 • E-ISSN: 1662-6370 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1662-6370.1997.tb00204.x |
| OpenAlex | W2070868706 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Prolonging Hayek's ideas, this paper discusses the link between the notion of spontaneity, according to which institutions are not the fruit of human design, and the idea of justice. First, the view that institutions develop spontaneously implies the impossibility of a conception of justice elaborated consciously. Second, if it is true that social order is spontaneous, then justice cannot be distributive. It will be argued that a conception of justice is still possible provided that this elaboration is not completely disconnected from its cultural context. The validity of the claim that distribution emerges spontaneously and cannot be just will be evaluated, in the last resort, in terms of the consequences of such a spontaneous order. If Hayek's economic analysis is correct, these consequences are, overall and in the long run, highly beneficial. Nevertheless, a spontaneous order involves some perverse effects which create the need for a deliberate intervention. It will be argued that, while distribution cannot be settled according to a conception of justice, this deliberate intervention has to be just
Context (archaeology · Distribution (mathematics · Distributive justice · Distributive property · Economic Justice · Economics · Epistemology · Impossibility · Intervention (counseling · Law and economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Positive economics · Sociology · Spontaneous order · Economic theories and models · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychology
Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
The Fatal Conceit
The foreign policy decision-maker simulation
A Theory of Justice
Contractualism and utilitarianism
Justice As Impartiality
Theories of Justice
"The Science of "Muddling Through
Liberalism, Unintended Orders and Evolutionism
Hayek's Bizarre Liberalism
The “Great Society” and the “Open Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |