ECON BC 2075y Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Intergenerational Equity, Capability Approach, Medicaid
13 Nov 2016
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A summary of the "egalitarian" position on justice. Fighting back w/ libertarians- introducing nozick and the case against. On climate change and intergenerational justice- what demands of a just society redistributive taxation. Majority of funding goes to medicare and medicaid. Candidates for president do not talk about social security because the majority of voters (old ppl) benefit from it. Participation in public reasoning vs pursuing individual things have reason to value. Hartley individual but touches on interdependence of society and people. Capability may depend on someone else"s capability. Society/govt main role is to increase people"s capabilities. Ex. how women are treated in developmental policy. On gender equality: women as caretakers" and gender norms in capabilities reasoning: development policy, microfinance etc. depends on this premise. Impediments to human freedom associated w/ capitalist production. If you"re egalitarian, how come you"re so rich. Cohen on egalitarian liberalism of rawls (and sen) Justice as a matter of state to enforce not private effort.
