Law in Contemporary Society

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InequalityJustice 4 - 04 Feb 2010 - Main.JohnAlbanese
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 Is inequality inherently unjust? If so, what can be done to reconcile justice with a world defined by scarcity of resources and the continual creation of unequal relationships? This twiki entry has the goal of providing various perspectives on the question of inequality and its link to justice.

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 2) Imposing legal barriers that prevent an individual from gaining too much power and resources. This would need to be done primarily through the legislature. For example, I think it would be a good idea to impose a 100% tax on all personal incomes greater than $2 million. Nobody needs more than $2 million a year, and one would need no more incentive beyond $2 million a year to do any job currently done in society. For example, cutting executive salaries to $2 million per year would not result in a dearth of quality executives.

-- ChristopherCrismanCox - 03 Feb 2010

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  • Chris, I enjoyed reading your thoughts. Two quick points. 1. My distillation of your hypotheticals: The only world in which there would be no injustice due to inequality is in world of infinite resources. If a resource is finite, then any hoarding of the resource will result in less of that resource being available to others. If this is an accurate description of your point, it could be made clearer in your writing. 2. "Taking something from someone in order to improve oneself, if the taker does not need that something in any way, is unjust. " This sentence seems logically inconsistent. The taker is taking something to improve himself. Therefore, he needs it in some way. Do you mean that the person is taking it out of greed alone rather than to "improve" oneself.
-- JohnAlbanese - 04 Feb 2010

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