Double-counting Inequalities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7354128 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hillel Steiner (University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 129-134 |
| Publication date | 2003-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics Philosophy & Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-594X • E-ISSN: 1741-3060 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1470594x03002001427 |
| OpenAlex | W2000404926 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Philippe Van Parijs has argued that, in a globalizing economy, acquiring a second language, additional to one's native language, is more necessary for some persons than others — and that this asymmetric bilingualism is a form of injustice which should be rectified by a more equitable global sharing of the costs of second-language acquisition. This article responds by suggesting that (1) since native languages have geographic locations, and (2) since locations with less globally useful native languages thereby sustain lowered living costs, then (3) the costs which persons incur, in acquiring a second, more globally useful language, may already be offset by the lower costs they incur by virtue of their living in a location with a less globally useful native language. Hence, theories of justice (such as Van Parijs's) that require the egalitarian redistribution of locational values would impose, rather than remedy, an injustice by redistributing second-language-acquisition costs
Economic Justice · Economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · First language · Inequality · Injustice · Law and economics · Linguistics · Microeconomics · Offset (computer science · Political science · Positive economics · Public economics · Redistribution (election · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2011 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |