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Sabbagh (2001)Taxonomy of Normative and Empirically Oriented Theories of…
Sabbagh (2001)Taxonomy of Normative and Empirically Oriented Theories of Distributive Justice
Research traditions
Normative
aim at determining the “ought”
Empirical
concerned with the “is,” examining those distributive principles that are actually adopted, as well as beliefs concerning just distributive principles
Taxonomy of normative and empirical research: distinguished according to two shared dimensions of content:
microjustice versus macrojustice principles
justness of the overall distribution outcome (macro)
emphasis is on the social order
just reward to individuals in the society (micro)
microjustice principles are formulated in individual terms. “to everyone according to X”
emphasis is on interrelations between individuals
unidimensional versus multidimensional character of these principles
single general distributive principle or several principles which guide the distribution of resources
just distribution of social resources—or distributive justice
four major groups of distributive justice theories + 1
(b) multidimensional macrojustice;
Empirical: empirical investigation of Rawl's theory
Normative: Rawl's theory
c) unidimensional microjustice;
Normative: Aristotle and Desert Theories
Empirical: Equity research
(a) unidimensional macrojustice;
Empirical: Empirical utilitarianism.
Normative: Utilitiarianism
(d) multidimensional microjustice.
Normative: Miller’ s theory
Empirical: multiprinciple approach
the “hybrid”