PHIL 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Justice Society Of America
26 May 2016
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Distribution is determined by the way social distributions are structured. Our social institutions shape how distributions are made. Unequal distributions require justifications in a way that equal distributions do not. What is the point of having wealth, etc. Thus, income and property are only important because they affect our happiness but they don"t impinge on our subjective lives. You can"t be an egalitarian and care both about wealth and welfare. Suppose you try to equalize wealth and happiness at the same time. Those with the cheap taste are going to be happier. If you try to equalize welfare, you are going to have to give more wealth to people with expensive tastes. If you try to equalize wealth, then welfare is going to be a problem. Equality (priority view, sufficiency) (give priority to those in the worst off position) by raising up a person with less, you are.
