Distributive Justice
The Right and Wrong of Our Present Distribution of Wealth
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2014
412 pages
978-1-77653-224-7 (ISBN)
Description
Prominent Catholic thinker John Ryan made significant contributions not only to the field of theology, but also in the areas of social justice and political science. In this insightful volume, Ryan addresses the moral dimension of income distribution and how it impacts the poor in ways that are immediately apparent, as well as more insidious.
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- Preface
- Introductory Chapter - The Elements and Scope of the Problem
- General References
- SECTION I - THE MORALITY OF PRIVATE LANDOWNERSHIP AND RENT DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
- Chapter I - The Landowner's Share of the National Product
- Chapter II - Landownership in History
- Chapter III - The Arguments Against Private Landownership
- Chapter IV - Private Ownership the Best System of Land Tenure
- Chapter V - Private Landownership a Natural Right
- Chapter VI - Limitations on the Landowner's Right to Rent
- Chapter VII - Defects of the Existing Land System
- Chapter VIII - Methods of Reforming Our Land System
- References on Section I
- SECTION II - THE MORALITY OF PRIVATE CAPITAL AND INTEREST
- Chapter IX - The Nature and the Rate of Interest
- Chapter X - The Alleged Right of Labour to the Entire Product of Industry
- Chapter XI - The Socialist Scheme of Industry
- Chapter XII - Alleged Intrinsic Justifications of Interest
- Chapter XIII - Social and Presumptive Justifications of Interest
- Chapter XIV - Co-Operation as a Partial Solvent of Capitalism
- References on Section II
- SECTION III - THE MORAL ASPECT OF PROFITS
- Chapter XV - The Nature of Profits
- Chapter XVI - The Principal Canons of Distributive Justice
- Chapter XVII - Just Profits in Conditions of Competition
- Chapter XVIII - The Moral Aspect of Monopoly
- Chapter XIX - The Moral Aspect of Stock Watering
- Chapter XX - The Legal Limitation of Fortunes
- Chapter XXI - The Duty of Distributing Superfluous Wealth
- References on Section III
- SECTION IV - THE MORAL ASPECT OF WAGES
- Chapter XXII - Some Unacceptable Theories of Wage-Justice
- Chapter XXIII - The Minimum of Justice: A Living Wage
- Chapter XXIV - The Problem of Complete Wage Justice
- Chapter XXV - Methods of Increasing Wages
- References on Section IV
- Chapter XXVI - Summary and Conclusion
- Endnotes
