Title:	Equity, Responsibility and the Cultural Dimension
Authors:	Gaertner, Wulf Schwettmann, Lars
Abstract:	We present questionnaire studies concerning equity judgements based on an axiom that underlies Rawls´s difference principle. Our investigation, spanning over a period of fifteen years, was run at a German, Austrian and Slovenian university. We also modified two of our basic scenarios to check for responsibility aspects. Additionally, we included information on ocio-demographic characteristics of respondents in a probit model. Answers depend on cultural environments but results indicate some convergence over time. Responsibility considerations are important only if they are introduced in a quite obvious way. Although overall explanatory power of demographic attributes is low, we observe significant gender differences.
Citations:	Beiträge des Fachbereichs Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Universität Osnabrück 4. Osnabrück (2005): 28
URL:	https://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-201001305353
Subject Keywords:	Distributive justice; Rawlsianism; Equity principle; Individual characteristics; Responsibility
Issue Date:	29-Mar-2005
Submission date:	29-Mar-2005
Type of publication:	Beitrag zu einem Periodikum [contributionToPeriodical]
Appears in Collections:	FB09 - Hochschulschriften

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