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    Distributive justice concerns the fair and just allocation of goods in a society. There are several theories of distributive justice that attempt to answer what goods should be distributed, who they should be distributed to, and how they should be distributed. Major theories include egalitarianism, which argues goods should be distributed equally; giving people what they deserve based on merit, needs, or contributions; fairness as proposed by John Rawls; and welfare maximization or utilitarianism, which aims to maximize total welfare.

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    Distributive justice concerns the fair and just allocation of goods in a society. There are several theories of distributive justice that attempt to answer what goods should be distributed, who they should be distributed to, and how they should be distributed. Major theories include egalitarianism, which argues goods should be distributed equally; giving people what they deserve based on merit, needs, or contributions; fairness as proposed by John Rawls; and welfare maximization or utilitarianism, which aims to maximize total welfare.

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    Distributive justice concerns the fair and just allocation of goods in a society. There are several theories of distributive justice that attempt to answer what goods should be distributed, who they should be distributed to, and how they should be distributed. Major theories include egalitarianism, which argues goods should be distributed equally; giving people what they deserve based on merit, needs, or contributions; fairness as proposed by John Rawls; and welfare maximization or utilitarianism, which aims to maximize total welfare.

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    DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE

    Anjali Sharma
    Amit Singhania
    Distributive justice

    JUSTICE

    Justice is the concept of moral rightness based on


    ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion,
    fairness, or equity, along with the punishment of
    the breach of said ethics.
    DEFINATIONS
     Distributive justice concerns what some
    consider to be socially just with respect to the
    allocation of goods in a society.

     Distributive justice could be considered a


    means that addresses the burdens and
    benefits to some norm of equality to
    members.
     Distributive justice is also sometimes linked to the
    concepts of human rights, human dignity, and the
    common good.

    Theories of distributive justice

    “Distributive justice theory argues that societies


    have a duty to individuals in need and that all
    individuals have duties to help others in need.”
    Theories of distributive justice need to answer
    three questions:

    Q1. What goods are to be distributed?

    Q2. Between what entities are they to be distributed?

    Q3. What is the proper distribution?


    VARIOUS THEORIES
    Egalitarianism

     The basic view of egalitarian theory of distributive


    justice is “goods should be distributed equally.”

     Egalitarian demands for equality of opportunity


    and for equality of outcome.
    Giving people what they deserve
     This theory of distributive justice claims that
    “everyone should get what they deserve.”

     Meritocratic theory

     Needs-based theory

     Contribution-based theory
    Fairness

    John Rawls used a social contract argument to show


    that justice, and especially distributive justice, is a
    form of fairness: an impartial distribution of
    goods.

    Rawls's two principles of justice:


     Each person is to have equal rights and equal

    liberties.

     Social and economic inequalities are to be


    arranged.
    Property Rights (non-
    coercion)/Having the right history

     Robert Nozick argued that all attempts to


    redistribute goods according to an ideal pattern,
    without the consent of their owners, are theft.

     The result is that the world will have generated the


    greatest total benefit from the limited, scarce
    resources available in the world. Further, this will
    have been accomplished without taking anything
    away from anyone by coercion.
    Welfare-maximization

     Also called Utilitarianism.

     According to the utilitarian, justice requires the


    maximization of the total or average welfare across
    all relevant individuals.
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