Theories of Distributive Justice

By John E. Roemer. 1997

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Kantian optimization: A microfoundation for cooperation (2015, background): “Thus, statistically speaking, the amount of fish received by fisher γ will be proportional to the 1 Ioriginally proposed a definition of Kantian equilibrium in Roemer (1996), and showed its relationship to the ‘proportional solution,’ of Roemer and Silvestre (1993).”
Removing the Veil of Ignorance in Assessing the Distributional Impacts of Social Policies (2002, unknown): “(See Harsanyi, 1955, Vickery, 1960, and Roemer, 1996).”
The Measurement of Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and an Application to Latin America (2008, unknown): “…to inequality vary for a number of reasons, but an important factor is whether inequalities are seen to be driven by differences in factors for which the individual can be held morally accountable (i.e. where he or she had a choice), or by factors that lie beyond the individual’s responsibility.”
Fair, Transparent, and Accountable Algorithmic Decision-making Processes (2017, background): “The technical deﬁnition of similarity between individuals, proposed by Dwork et al. [20], resembles partly the notion of strict equality of opportunity proposed by the political scientist John Roemer [54,55].”
Ethics of the Discount Rate in the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (2007, background): “29 Roemer (1996, p. 37). 30 Mackie (1977). But see also Wiggins (2006). 31 See an eloquent exposition of this point in Railton’s ‘Alienation, Consequentialism, Morality’, in Scheffler (1988).”
The Capability Approach: Complexity and vagueness in the capability approach: strengths or weaknesses? (2008, background): “Authors such as Sugden (1993), Srinivasan (1994) and Roemer (1996) have critiqued Sen's capability approach based upon such arguments.”