A Rationale Supporting a Decision by Pope Francis and the Arch Bishop of Canterbury to Remove All Economic Advisors from Any Advisory Role Concerning Church Proclamations on Income Inequality, Unemployment and Social Justice: 'Economics' is Not a Positive Science, But an Ethical System Based on Benthamite Utilitarianism

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Emmett Brady
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Ethical System ◽  
Positive Science ◽  
Advisory Role

scholarly journals Energy transition and social justice: Do renewable energy levies have an impact on income distribution and energy poverty?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Priesmann ◽  
Saskia Spiegelburg ◽  
Reinhard Madlener ◽  
Aaron Praktiknjo
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Relative Increase ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
The Gini Coefficient ◽  
Ex Post

Abstract Energy systems are decidedly the largest emitters of greenhouse gases. Therefore, transitioning them from fossil to renewable systems is a top priority for societies committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, such transitions involve substantial costs. In many cases, these costs are proportionally passed on to final energy consumers through levies on their electricity consumption. In our paper, we investigate the impacts of renewable support levies on social justice or, more specifically, on income inequality. For our study, we chose Germany where inflation-adjusted electricity prices for private households increased substantially because of such a levy for renewables. We base our analyses on representative household panel data with over 40,000 households from 2003 to 2018. Our results indicate that indiscriminate renewable support levies on electricity consumption increase income inequality and energy poverty. For our case in 2018, renewable support levies alone led to a relative increase of ~0.23% of the Gini coefficient and ~11.31% of the high cost low income (HCLI) energy poverty indicator measuring energy poverty intensity. Based on our findings, we propose a reform of the renewable support levy and analyze three options: (1) the abolition of the levy, (2) levies which are income-progressive proportionally to the income taxes, and (3) a high and flat levy in conjunction with an income-degressive compensation payment. Our ex-post analyses for 2018 indicate that a reformed levy system would have slightly decreased overall income inequality with relative decreases of ~0.23%, ~0.32%, and ~0.59% of the Gini coefficient for options (1), (2), and (3), respectively. But more importantly, such a system would have substantially decreased energy poverty by ~11.31%, ~30.45%, and ~31.45% for the HCLI energy poverty indicator for options (1), (2), and (3), respectively.

2. Ethics East and West

2020 ◽  
pp. 17-30
Author(s):  
Damien Keown
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Virtue Ethics ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Ethical System ◽  
Buddhist Doctrine ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Engaged Buddhism ◽  
East And West

To what extent does Buddhism resemble or differ from Western ethics, and does it constitute an ethical system in itself? ‘Ethics East and West’ looks at Buddhism through the lens of three influential Western theories of ethics: deontology, utilitarianism, and virtue ethics. Some thinkers have classified Buddhism as a form of ‘ethical particularism’, or a pluralist system in which the agent is guided by the demands of each unique situation. Others again see it as a form of ‘perfectionism’ because self-development is an overarching theme in Buddhist teachings. There may also be parallels between Buddhism and classical Western philosophical schools such as Stoicism. In modern times we have seen the emergence of ‘socially engaged Buddhism’ as a movement campaigning for social justice and human rights. But does the idea of individual rights contradict the Buddhist doctrine of ‘no-self’?

Mediendebatten über soziale Ungleichheit, Armut und soziale Gerechtigkeit seit 1946 und wie sie mit Einkommensungleichheit zusammenhängen / Media Debates about Social Inequality, Poverty and Social Justice since 1946 and How They Are Connected to Income Inequality

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Schröder ◽  
Florian Vietze
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Soziale Ungleichheit ◽  
Soziale Probleme ◽  
Soziale Gerechtigkeit

ZusammenfassungDieser Beitrag zeigt anhand einer quantitativen Inhaltsanalyse, dass die Printmedien Die Zeit, Der Spiegel und die Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung seit Ende der 1940er Jahre in synchroner Art und Weise über soziale Ungleichheit, Armut und soziale Gerechtigkeit berichten. Zwar geschieht dies je nach Presseorgan in unterschiedlichem Umfang, doch die Berichterstattung unterliegt gemeinsamen Schwankungen, welche auf einen presseübergreifenden Diskurs zu sozialer Ungleichheit hindeuten. Dies lässt sich damit erklären, dass die gemeinsame Berichterstattung mit der Entwicklung der tatsächlichen sozialen Ungleichheit einhergeht. Diese Ergebnisse widersprechen der Sichtweise, dass öffentliche Debatten über soziale Probleme von tatsächlichen sozialen Entwicklungen abgekoppelt seien, und unterstützen Forschung, die einen Zusammenhang zwischen Realindikatoren und Medienberichterstattung beobachtet. Sie lassen darauf schließen, dass Medien auf steigende soziale Ungleichheit reagieren und dadurch auf soziale Problemlagen aufmerksam machen.

Addressing Inequality of Opportunity: Some Lessons from the OECD and Latin America

2017 ◽  
pp. 81-100
Author(s):  
Ulrich Lachler
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
Inequality Of Opportunity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Investments In Education

Most OECD countries have seen income inequality increase over the past 25 years. The possibility that this may have been accompanied by rising inequality of opportunity triggers concerns about social justice and economic performance. This paper presents indirect evidence suggesting that the same factors causing overall income inequality to increase also are likely to have increased inequality of opportunity. Drawing on the experience of countries in the OECD and in Latin America, the paper concludes that greater fiscal progressivity and broad-based investments in education can be effective in reducing the inequality of opportunity without adverse effects on economic growth.

scholarly journals „Nie ma ekologii bez antropologii”. O zobojętnieniu ekologiczno-społecznym, w oparciu o koncepcję „ekologii integralnej” papieża Franciszka

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 123-149
Author(s):  
Anna Kamińska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Ecological Sensitivity ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Social Sensitivity ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Integral Ecology

The article presents the problem of global ethical and social indiff erence in re-lation to Pope Francis’ refl ection on the need to oppose the globalization of indiff erence and the need to combine ecology as a refl ection on nature with anthropology as a refl ection on man. 149„Nie ma ekologii bez antropologii”. O zobojętnieniu ekologiczno-społecznymThe author analyzes Pope Francis’ Laudato si encyclical, juxtaposing its refl ec-tions with the thoughts contained in His other encyclicals, apostolic exhorta-tions, homilies, speech documents and books, thus showing a broader pano-rama of thoughts on the relationship between climate change on our planet and the present economic and social situation. The argument is, that “integral ecology” proposed by Pope Francis, which includes both nature and man, is an expression of ecological and social sensitivity, an example of concern for the fragility of both man and nature. Consequently, the author concludes that true ecological sensitivity is also a social sensitivity, as it includes the issue of social justice in the discussion of the environment, allowing for the opportunity to hear the cry of all harmed and suff ering beings.

Brexit will distract from UK fight against poverty

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Domestic Policy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Liberal Democrats ◽  
The Government ◽  
Policy Failures ◽  
Opposition Parties

Significance Income inequality, of which poverty is a symptom, was one of the underlying grievances that likely contributed to the Brexit vote. However, the government may struggle to address poverty. Impacts Rising poverty could reinforce the wider narrative about the neglect of the domestic policy sphere by the government. Opposition parties such as Labour and the Liberal Democrats are likely to benefit if issues of social justice gain salience for voters. If the Conservatives drop in polls as a result of domestic policy failures, the chances of a leadership challenge to May could increase.

Winners and Losers of The Iranian Revolution: A Study in Income Distribution

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sohrab Behdad
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
The Other ◽  
Iranian Revolution ◽  
Mass Mobilization ◽  
Full Benefit ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right

The income inequality gap in prerevolutionary Iran was no doubt a contributing factor to the mass mobilization of Iranians in the 1979 Revolution. The Resolution of the Ashura March (December 11, 1978) demanded the establishment of “social justice, the right of workers and peasants to the full benefit from the product of their labor” and an end to “any form of discrimination, exploitation, profiteering and economic domination which may result in the accumulation of great wealth, on the one hand, and deprivation and poverty on the other.”

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