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The Social Construction of Talent: A Defence of Justice as Reciprocity[Note 1. I would like to thank Bob Goodin, and the ...]
Author(s) -
Smith Steven R.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of political philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1467-9760
pISSN - 0963-8016
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9760.00116
Subject(s) - reciprocity (cultural anthropology) , politics , economic justice , social justice , law and economics , sociology , political science , social psychology , epistemology , public relations , psychology , law , social science , philosophy
Debates concerning principles of justice need to be attentive to various types of social process. One concerns the distribution of resources between groups defined as talented and untalented. Another concerns the social mechanisms by which people come to be categorised as talented and untalented. Political philosophers have paid considerable attention to the former issues, much less to the latter. That, I shall argue, represents a significant oversight.