Economic Incentives and Liberal Equality
dc.contributor.author | Macleod, Colin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-02-03T14:41:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-02-03T14:41:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ethique-economique.net/ | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1866/3336 | |
dc.publisher | Centre de recherche en éthique de l'Université de Montréal | |
dc.subject | Philosophy | en |
dc.subject | Ethics | en |
dc.subject | Economics | en |
dc.title | Economic Incentives and Liberal Equality | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Université de Montréal. Faculté des arts et des sciences. Centre de recherche en éthique | fr |
dcterms.abstract | In order to assess to the degree to which the provision of economic incentives can result in justified inequalities, we need to distinguish between compensatory incentive payments and non-compensatory incentive payments. From a liberal egalitarian perspective, economic inequalities traceable to the provision of compensatory incentive payments are generally justifiable. However, economic inequalities created by the provision of non-compensatory incentive payments are more problematic. I argue that in non-ideal circumstances justice may permit and even require the provision of non-compensatory incentives despite the fact that those who receive non-compensatory payments are not entitled to them. In some circumstances, justice may require us to accede to unreasonable demands for incentive payments by hard bargainers. This leads to a kind of paradox: from a systemic point of view, non-compensatory incentive payments can be justified even though those who receive them have no just claim to them. | en |
dcterms.isPartOf | urn:ISSN:1639-1306 | |
dcterms.language | eng | en |
UdeM.VersionRioxx | Version publiée / Version of Record | |
oaire.citationTitle | Éthique et économique = Ethics and economics | |
oaire.citationVolume | 3 | |
oaire.citationIssue | 1 |
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