Equal Justice - Rilegato

Rakowski, Eric

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 019824875X ISBN 13: 9780198248750

Casa editrice: Clarendon Press, 1991

Riassunto

The core of this book is a novel theory of distributive justice premised on the fundamental moral equality of persons. In the light of this theory, Eric Rakowski considers three types of problem which urgently require solutions - the distribution of resources, property rights, and the saving of life - and provides challenging and unconventional answers. Further, he criticizes the economic analysis of law as a normative theory, and develops an alternative account of tort and property law.

Among the topics discussed are the principles by which earnings, wealth, and gifts should be taxed; whether the compulsory removal of organs for transplantation can be justified; how doctors and public officials should make life-or-death decisions when all those endangered cannot be helped in equal measure; and the morality of killing human beings and non-human animals.

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Recensione:

`A provocative, well-argued, elegantly written book that will root out any complacency that a reader might have had about these eternal issues on starting it.'Howard Davies, Times Higher Education Supplement

L'autore:

Eric Rakowski, Acting Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 019824875X
• ISBN 13: 9780198248750
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 398