Social Justice and the Economics of Happiness
A Critical Taxonomy
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2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-041-21476-2 (ISBN)
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This book explores the extent to which redistribution of material goods can promote the happiness of the recipient and which form of redistribution best serves this purpose: state redistribution in the name of social justice or voluntary redistribution driven by philanthropy.
Addressing challenging questions at the intersection of happiness research and theories of justice, this book explores the extent to which redistribution of material goods can promote the happiness of the recipient and which form of redistribution best serves this purpose: state redistribution in the name of social justice or voluntary redistribution driven by philanthropy.
This book is an enquiry into a prominent theory at the intersection of the economics of happiness and the philosophy of justice: material resources that a person has but cannot use to further increase his or her own happiness should be redistributed not only for reasons of social justice but also for reasons of formal justice because they increase the happiness of the taker without diminishing the happiness of the giver. In exploring this theory, the book develops a taxonomy of the various theories of social justice and shows the shortcomings behind the thesis of just happiness. However, the book also shows how the thesis of just happiness can be saved, namely by rehabilitating philanthropy. It is argued that philanthropy is the only known form that can increase the happiness of the taker without diminishing that of the giver.
This book will appeal to readers and scholars of philosophy, politics and economics.
Addressing challenging questions at the intersection of happiness research and theories of justice, this book explores the extent to which redistribution of material goods can promote the happiness of the recipient and which form of redistribution best serves this purpose: state redistribution in the name of social justice or voluntary redistribution driven by philanthropy.
This book is an enquiry into a prominent theory at the intersection of the economics of happiness and the philosophy of justice: material resources that a person has but cannot use to further increase his or her own happiness should be redistributed not only for reasons of social justice but also for reasons of formal justice because they increase the happiness of the taker without diminishing the happiness of the giver. In exploring this theory, the book develops a taxonomy of the various theories of social justice and shows the shortcomings behind the thesis of just happiness. However, the book also shows how the thesis of just happiness can be saved, namely by rehabilitating philanthropy. It is argued that philanthropy is the only known form that can increase the happiness of the taker without diminishing that of the giver.
This book will appeal to readers and scholars of philosophy, politics and economics.
Hardy Bouillon was born in Trier, Germany, in 1960. He studied philosophy and art history in Albuquerque, Oxford, and Trier, where he completed his doctorate in 1991 and habilitated with a thesis on Freedom, Liberalism and the Welfare State in 1996. Bouillon has written several monographs, including Business Ethics and the Austrian Tradition in Economics (2011), Criticist Philosophy of Science (2022), and Austrian Economics and the Theory of Negative Selection (2025). In addition, he edited a dozen anthologies, produced breviaries on Popper and Kant and authored more than 180 essays.
1. Happiness and justice 2. Theories of social justice 3. Philanthropy or giving as a handed happiness Conclusion Bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.3.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy |
| Zusatzinfo | 4 Tables, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
| Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-041-21476-6 / 1041214766 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-041-21476-2 / 9781041214762 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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