Allocating specific benefits and burdens |
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Authors: | Jonathan Baron |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3815 Walnut Street, 19104-6196 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Abstract: | Conclusion The foregoing is an example of how the rich accounts presented in Local Justice in America can inspire reflections on related issues. I am sure that others who do not share my utilitarian beliefs (some would call
them “biases”) would find other ways of looking at these chapters. Whatever the perspective taken, the book raises important
questions, and its emphasis on describing intentional rules is a useful approach for the social sciences. A single book cannot
do everything, but I wish that this one had also taken a more evaluative point of view, telling us not just how decisions
are made but also where they are going wrong according to some explicit standard, and how to improve them. I am sure that
even that is considered arrogant by some, but to me it is the ultimate purpose of social science. |
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