Sunajko, Goran.
(2016).
Rawls and Piketty: the philosophical aspects of economic inequality.
The Journal of Philosophical Economics : Reflections on Economic and Social Issues, IX(2).
pp. 71-84.
ISSN 1843-2298, 1844-8208
Abstract
This paper discusses a key contemporary problem, that of inequality. Certainly, the most visible inequality today is economic inequality, which is not only a characteristic found today, but is also the result of a long historical development. The problem arises when inequality becomes artificial (produces itself) and thus becomes a matter of social sciences and humanities. At this point, the question of economic inequality becomes a non-economic issue and thus opens the possibility of formulating such principles that will be able to reduce the issue to a minimum. This paper discusses this possibility, while referring to Thomas Piketty’s book on capital in relation to John Rawls’s principles of justice to which Piketty refers to.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
inequality; fairness; justice; Homo economicus; difference principle; egoist; sense of justice |
| Subjects: |
Philosophy |
| Departments: |
Department of Philosophy |
| Date Deposited: |
28 May 2018 09:25 |
| Last Modified: |
28 May 2018 09:25 |
| URI: |
http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/9929 |
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