LEADER 04362oam 2200901I 450 001 9910476763903321 005 20220609181657.0 010 $a1-351-98076-9 010 $a1-315-27000-5 010 $a1-351-98077-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315270005 035 $a(CKB)3790000000539748 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5185378 035 $a(OCoLC)1007497192 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/64269 035 $a(EXLCZ)993790000000539748 100 $a20180706d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aJustice and the meritocratic state /$fThomas Mulligan 210 $cTaylor & Francis$d2018 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (238 pages) 225 1 $aPolitical philosophy for the real world ;$v2 311 $a0-367-37228-2 311 $a1-138-28380-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aOn justice -- Meritocracy : the basics -- The metatheory of justice -- What we think about justice and why it matters -- A meritocratic theory of economic justice -- The foundation of meritocracy -- On the distribution of jobs -- On the distribution of income -- Defending desert from John Rawls -- Meritocratic public policy -- Meritocratic taxation -- Meritocratic social programs, and final matters. 330 $aLike American politics, the academic debate over justice is polarized, with almost all theories of justice falling within one of two traditions: egalitarianism and libertarianism. This book provides an alternative to the partisan standoff by focusing not on equality or liberty, but on the idea that we should give people the things that they deserve. Mulligan sets forth a theory of economic justice - meritocracy - which rests upon a desert principle and is distinctive from existing work in two ways. First, meritocracy is grounded in empirical research on how human beings think, intuitively, about justice. Research in social psychology and experimental economics reveals that people simply don?t think that social goods should be distributed equally, nor do they dismiss the idea of social justice. Across ideological and cultural lines, people believe that rewards should reflect merit. Second, the book discusses hot-button political issues and makes concrete policy recommendations. These issues include anti-meritocratic bias against women and racial minorities and the United States? widening economic inequality. Justice and the Meritocratic State offers a new theory of justice and provides solutions to our most vexing social and economic problems. It will be of keen interest to philosophers, economists, and political theorists. 410 0$aPolitical philosophy for the real world ;$v2 606 $aState, The$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aJustice (Philosophy) 606 $aMerit (Ethics)$xPolitical aspects 610 $aAnarchy 610 $aA Theory of Justice 610 $acapital 610 $aconsequences 610 $acronyism 610 $aDavid Miller 610 $adesert 610 $adesert-based theory of justice 610 $adistributive justice 610 $aeconomic justice 610 $aegalitarianism 610 $aequality 610 $aequal opportunity 610 $aessentialism 610 $aGeorge Sher 610 $ainheritance tax 610 $aintuition 610 $aJohn Rawls 610 $aJustice and the Meritocratic State 610 $ajustice 610 $alibertarianism 610 $aliberty 610 $ameritocracy 610 $ameritocratic public policy 610 $anepotism 610 $apersonal identity 610 $apolitical philosophy 610 $apublic policy 610 $aRobert Nozick 610 $aState, and Utopia 615 0$aState, The$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aJustice (Philosophy) 615 0$aMerit (Ethics)$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a320.01/1 700 $aMulligan$b Thomas$c(Junior Faculty Fellow),$0911096 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476763903321 996 $aJustice and the meritocratic state$92040316 997 $aUNINA