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On the Collective Choice among Models of Social Protection: An Experimental Study
Games, 2019 A real-effort experiment is conducted in order to detect preferences for one out of three different models of the Welfare State characterized by different tax-and-transfer schemes.
Francesco Farina +2 more
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Rawlsian Individuals: Justice, Experiments, and Complexity [PDF]
, 2012 John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice is examined from the perspective of experimental methods in economics and complex adaptive systems simulations. This paper first discusses the justice principle selection process in Rawls’s representation of it as a ...
Davis, John B.
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Ambiguity aversion behind the veil of ignorance [PDF]
Synthese, 2019 AbstractThe veil of ignorance argument was used by John C. Harsanyi to defend Utilitarianism and by John Rawls to defend the absolute priority of the worst off. In a recent paper, Lara Buchak revives the veil of ignorance argument, and uses it to defend an intermediate position between Harsanyi’s and Rawls’ that she calls Relative Prioritarianism. None
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Dual Use Research of Concern—The Necessity of Global Bioethics Engagement
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Dual use research of concern (DURC) refers to research conducted for legitimate scientific purposes that could also be misused to pose a significant threat to public health and safety, agricultural crops and other plants, animals, the environment, or national security.
Daniel J. Hurst, Christopher A. Bobier
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Allocation criteria under task performance: the gendered preference for protection [PDF]
We device a randomized experiment with task performance in which players directly decide allocation criteria (with/without) veil of ignorance on payoff distribution under different criteria in a stakeholder/spectator position. Our main result is a strong
Giacomo Degli Antoni +3 more
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The Credibility of Bioethics After the Gaza Genocide
Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Between October 2023 and January 2025, the Israeli military's sustained attacks on Gaza resulted in an estimated 186,000 deaths and the systematic destruction of healthcare infrastructure. Despite the professed commitment to human dignity, justice, and the minimization of suffering within bioethics, major institutions and scholars in the field
Maide Barış +4 more
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Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The proposed Enhanced Games have become a convenient stage for bioethical sermonising about risk, authenticity, and the “spirit of sport”. This is epitomized by a recent article arguing that institutionalizing pharmacological enhancement under the “pretence of medical supervision and personal autonomy” would redefine human excellence in ...
Ognjen Arandjelović
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When do caregivers ignore the veil of ignorance? An empirical study on medical triage decision-making. [PDF]
Med Health Care Philos, 2021 Gold A, Greenberg B, Strous R, Asman O.
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Piercing the Veil of Ignorance
, 2008 Theories of justice in the spirit of Harsanyi and Rawls argue that fair-minded people should aspire to make choices for society — that is, for themselves and for others — as if in the original position, behind a veil of ignorance that prevents them from knowing their own social and economic positions in society.
Kariv, Shachar, Zame, William R.
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Envisioning the Future of Work: From Ideas to Reforms
British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Two different theoretical perspectives concerning technology and the future of work are examined. One is linked to mainstream economics, whereas the other is associated with critical (‘post‐work’) discourse. Ideas about work—its nature and impacts on well‐being—matter in both perspectives.
David A. Spencer
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