Economic Justice Selections from Distributive Justice and a Living Wage
- Philadelphia Westminister John Knox Press 1996
- 186p
includes index and biblioraphy
DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE Introduction: The Elements and Scope of the Problem Section 1: The Morality of Private Landownership and Rent 1. The Landowner`s Share of the National Product 2. Private Landownership a Natural Right 3. Defects of the Existing Land System 4. Methods of Reforming Our Land System Section 2: The Morality of Private Capital and Interest 5. The Nature and the Rate of Interest 6. Alleged Intrinsic Justifications of Interest 7. Social and Presumptive Justifications of Interest Section 3: The Moral Aspect of Profits 8. The Nature of Profits 9. The Principle Canons of Distributive Justice 10. Just Profits in Conditions of Competition 11. The Legal Limitation of Fortunes 12. The Duty of Distributing Superfluous Wealth Section 4: The Moral Aspect of Wages 13. Some Erroneous Theories of Wage Justice 14. The Minimum of Justice: A Living Wage 15. The Problem of Complete Wage Justice 16. Methods of Increasing Wages 17. A New Status for Labor 18. Summary and Conclusion A LIVING WAGE 19. The Basis and Justification of Rights