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Criteria for Justice
Author(s) -
Mooney Christopher P.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1986.tb01923.x
Subject(s) - duty , economic justice , meaning (existential) , distributive justice , work (physics) , position (finance) , law and economics , sociology , business , law , political science , epistemology , philosophy , engineering , finance , mechanical engineering
A bstract . Six different but common criteria for describing the meaning of distributive justice are examined. The six are (1) to each the same thing; (2) to each according to his or her merit or achievement; (3) to each according to his or her work or contribution; (4) to each according to his or her need or requirements; (5) to each according to his or her status or position; and (6) to each according to his or her contract or agreements. An attempt is made to show how these six can be viewed compatibly and how all support the right of equal access to land and the duty to pay to the community which created it the full economic rent on the site .