Justice as Fairness: Political Not Metaphysical

By J. Rawls. 1991

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Equality of Opportunity: Theory and Measurement (2016, background): “since Rawls Rawls (1958, 1971) sought to derive principles of justice based on rationality and impartiality.”
Defining equity in health (2003, background): “…are already socially disadvantaged (for example, by virtue of being poor, female, and/or members of a disenfranchised racial, ethnic, or religious group) at further disadvantage with respect to their health; health is essential to wellbeing and to overcoming other effects of social disadvantage.”
Inequity aversion improves cooperation in intertemporal social dilemmas (2018, background): “Many different research traditions, including economics, evolutionary biology, sociology, psychology, and political philosophy have all converged on the idea that fairness norms are involved in resolving social dilemmas [25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31].”
Equality of Opportunity (1998, background): “In political philosophy, beginning with Rawls (1958, 1971), this critique was taken seriously, and a new approach to egalitarianism transpired, which inserted personal responsibility as an important qualifier of the degree of equality that is ethically desirable.”
Mapping morality with a compass: Testing the theory of ‘morality-as-cooperation’ with a new questionnaire (2018, background): “This theory can explain why fairness (Rawls, 1958) and willingness to compromise (Pennock & Chapman, 1979) have been widely regarded as important components of morality.”
Investigating Gender Bias in Language Models Using Causal Mediation Analysis (2020, methodology): “Following the reasoning of Rawls (1958) among others, it is impermissible to use models that treat persons, groups, or institutions differently based on their attributes.”