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Politics, Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business
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Politics, Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business

by Usha, Bhanu;Krishna, K. V. Murthy
October 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
232 pages
9h 1m
English
Pearson India
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EQUALITY |
interests of individuals. The opportunities to be equalised between people can be opportunities for ‘objective
welfare’ (or simply, well-being), or ‘subjective welfare’ (i.e., preference satisfaction), or for ‘resources’.
The most notable exposition of the ‘welfare’ and ‘resourcist’ conceptions of distributional equality is seen
in the writings of Ronald Dworkin. He considers, mainly, two theories of distributional equality, ‘equality of
welfare’ and ‘equality of resources’.
2.3.1 EQUALITY OF WELFARE
This utilitarian theory holds that a distributional scheme treats people as equals when it distributes or transfers
resources among them until no further transfer would leave them more equal in welfare. In this view, as
Richard ...
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