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Schuessler, Rudolf:
Sufficientarianism and the Measurement of Inequality.
In: Moral Philosophy and Politics.
Vol. 6
(2019)
Issue 1
.
- pp. 147-173.
ISSN 2194-5624
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mopp-2017-0057
Project information
| Project financing: |
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung |
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Abstract in another language
What impact should sufficientarianism have on the measurement of inequality? Like other theories of justice, sufficientarianism influences how economic inequality is conceived. For the purpose of measurement, its stan-
dards of justice can be approximated by income-based thresholds of sufficiency. At which income level could a threshold of having enough be pegged in OECD
countries? What would it imply for standard indicators of inequality, such as decile comparisons of cumulated income, income spreads, or the Gini coefficient? This paper suggests some answers to these questions, showing that
sufficientarian ideas could make a difference with respect to the measurement of inequality in a society.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Philosophy > Chair Philosophy II > Chair Philosophy II - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rudolf Schüßler Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Philosophy Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Philosophy > Chair Philosophy II |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 100 Philosophy and psychology > 100 Philosophy |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2019 08:43 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2019 08:43 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/52899 |