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The concept of distributive justice is here considered in an extremely simplified form, viz. relative to the situation when n objects are to be divided among m persons (1 ≤ n ≤ m ≥2) and no account is taken of factors that could differentiate the persons as far as the division is concerned, such as their merits or needs. By so limiting the concept of justice, we gain the possibility of a formal analysis. On the other hand, the applicability of such a concept in actual social contexts is rather problematic.
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K. Szaniawski, ‘O pojçciu podziału dóbr’ [‘On the Concept of Distribution of Goods’], Studia Filozoficzne 2 (1966). The main result is described in K. Szaniawski, ‘Formal Analysis of Evaluative Concepts’, International Social Science Journal 27 (1975).
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Szaniawski, K. (1979). On Formal Aspects of Distributive Justice. In: Saarinen, E., Hilpinen, R., Niiniluoto, I., Hintikka, M.P. (eds) Essays in Honour of Jaakko Hintikka. Synthese Library, vol 124. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9860-5_9
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