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Is socialism dead? A comment on market socialism and basic income capitalism

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Both John Roemer and Philippe Van Parijs offer critiques and alternatives to capitalism based on ethical principles of justice and liberal neutrality. Roemer's plan for public ownership under market socialism would not be efficient unless the citizens accepted socialist goals as worth sacrificing for. Van Parijs's proposal for real libertarian basic income capitalism raises a number of questions concerning freedom and how it could best be maximized. Both systems depend on a particular conception of public ownership that needs to be defended against alternatives.

Author: Arneson, Richard J.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1992
Economic aspects, Capitalism, Distributive justice, Van Parijs, Philippe, Roemer, John E.

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The priority of the right over the good rides again

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Brian Barry's book, 'Justice as Impartiality,' presents a complete turnaround of his argument, written in 1973, against John Rawl's doctrine which defines neutrality on the good. The book presents a modern version of the liberal theory of justice in which the liberal vision of the just state is centered on the neutrality of the good. Barry derived the test for just rules in T.M. Scanlon's doctrine on contractualism which defines an act as wrong if it deviates from any system of rules which no one can reject as the basis for unforced general agreement.

Author: Arneson, Richard J.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1997
Justice, Barry, Brian, Justice as Impartiality (Book)

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The morality and efficiency of market socialism

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A system of market capitalism could equal capitalism in providing material goods and also provide a more egalitarian distribution of income. The system would combine public ownership with political competition and market allocation of private goods. The pattern and level of investment would be politically determined, and the profits from firms would be divided among all adult citizens as a social dividend. This system offers the possibility of achieving both efficiency and justice.

Author: Roemer, John E.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1992
Income distribution

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Subjects list: Ethical aspects, Criticism and interpretation, Socialism
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