Priority, solidarity, and egalitarianism in the capability approach

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Jang, Inkee; Ju, Biung-Ghi
• 署名单位: Hanyang University; Seoul National University (SNU)
• 刊物名称: GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0899-8256
• DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2025.01.004
• 发表日期: 2025
• 页码: 469-479
• 关键词: Resource allocation; priority; Solidarity; egalitarianism; Capability approach; Human Development Index; Axiomatic method

摘要

We examine resource allocation in the context of the capability approach with multi-dimensional human functioning outputs. We aim to provide an egalitarian foundation for human development indices (HDIs) using Parfit's (1997) priority principle, which says that when a person becomes more disabled, ceteris paribus, he should receive more resources. An HDI-egalitarian rule allocates resources in such a way that all individuals attain an equal HDI-index value. Using the priority principle or its variant, we provide axiomatic characterizations of the whole family of HDI-egalitarian rules, the weighted arithmetic mean HDI-egalitarian rules, and the weighted geometric mean HDI-egalitarian rules.