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- Title
Global Consumption and Distributive Justice: A Rawlsian Perspective.
- Authors
Hill, Ronald Paul; Peterson, Robert M.; Dhanda, Kanwalroop Kathy
- Abstract
The article examines consumption inequities on a global basis from the ethical perspective advanced by philosopher John Rawls. The purpose of this investigation is to examine consumption inequities on a global basis from the ethical perspective advanced by the philosopher John Rawls. The first three Sections of the article describe the Rawlsian approach to distributive justice in detail, with a special emphasis on its application to primary goods and services. Then an examination of the extent to which Rawlsian justice exists globally is presented using data collected and/or verified by the United Nations. According to Rawls, a theory of distributive justice should provide a set of standards by which the distribution system of goods within a society can be judged. The premise behind such a system is that a satisfactory existence for any particular individual is dependent upon the cooperation of all members of society. Thus, the division of economic advantages should be acceptable to everyone, regardless of status or position. Specifically, no one should feel that they or any of the others are taken advantage of, or forced to give in to claims which they do not regard as legitimate.
- Subjects
CONSUMPTION (Economics); RAWLS, John, 1921-2002; DISTRIBUTIVE justice; DISTRIBUTION (Economic theory); UNITED Nations; ETHICS
- Publication
Human Rights Quarterly, 2001, Vol 23, Issue 1, p171
- ISSN
0275-0392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hrq.2001.0007