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Rawls and Piketty: the philosophical aspects of economic inequality

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  • Goran Sunajko

    (The Miroslav Krleza Institute of Lexicography, Zagreb, Croatia and The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia)

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This paper discusses a key contemporary problem, that of inequality. Certainly, the most visible inequality today is economic inequality, which is not only a characteristic found today, but is also the result of a long historical development. The problem arises when inequality becomes artificial (produces itself) and thus becomes a matter of social sciences and humanities. At this point, the question of economic inequality becomes a non-economic issue and thus opens the possibility of formulating such principles that will be able to reduce the issue to a minimum. This paper discusses this possibility, while referring to Thomas Piketty’s book on capital in relation to John Rawls’s principles of justice to which Piketty refers to.

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  • Goran Sunajko, 2016. "Rawls and Piketty: the philosophical aspects of economic inequality," The Journal of Philosophical Economics, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, The Journal of Philosophical Economics, vol. 9(2), pages 71-84, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bus:jphile:v:9:y:2016:i:2:n:3
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    1. Cheng Li, 2019. "Morality and value neutrality in economics: a dualist view," The Journal of Philosophical Economics, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, The Journal of Philosophical Economics, vol. 12(2), pages 97-118, May.

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    Keywords

    inequality; fairness; justice; Homo economicus; difference principle; egoist; sense of justice;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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