Abstract
It is probably fair to say that there does not exist a unique and generally accepted notion of justice. Even if one confines oneself to economic justice one can still get many answers to the question of how justice — henceforth we shall use the term “distributive justice” — should be defined and characterized. This may be disappointing for the outside observer but one can also view this as a challenge, at least as long as one thinks that distributive justice is an issue economics should be concerned with.
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Gaertner, W., Klemisch-Ahlert, M. (1992). Introduction. In: Social Choice and Bargaining Perspectives on Distributive Justice. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 387. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02811-7_1
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