
Published online:
21 February 2013
Published in print:
15 December 2005
Online ISBN:
9780226116334
Print ISBN:
9780226116136
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Introduction Introduction
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What the Evidence Shows What the Evidence Shows
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The Science of Human Nature The Science of Human Nature
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The Political Animal The Political Animal
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The Collective Survival Enterprise The Collective Survival Enterprise
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Reclaiming the Middle Ground Reclaiming the Middle Ground
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A Return Engagement for Social Justice A Return Engagement for Social Justice
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Three Arguments for Social Justice Three Arguments for Social Justice
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Fair Shares: A Synopsis Fair Shares: A Synopsis
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Conclusion Conclusion
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An Afterword An Afterword
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Capitalism: A Thumbnail Primer Capitalism: A Thumbnail Primer
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Socialism-Liberalism: A Primer Socialism-Liberalism: A Primer
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A Critique of John Rawls's Theory of Justice A Critique of John Rawls's Theory of Justice
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Chapter
17 Fair Shares: A Biological Approach to Social Justice
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Pages
416–448
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Published:December 2005
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OXFORD ACADEMIC STYLE
Corning, Peter A., 'Fair Shares: A Biological Approach to Social Justice', Holistic Darwinism: Synergy, Cybernetics, and the Bioeconomics of Evolution (Chicago, IL , 2005; online edn, Chicago Scholarship Online, 21 Feb. 2013), https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226116334.003.0018, accessed 9 May 2025.
CHICAGO STYLE
Corning, Peter A.. "Fair Shares: A Biological Approach to Social Justice." In Holistic Darwinism: Synergy, Cybernetics, and the Bioeconomics of Evolution University of Chicago Press, 2005. Chicago Scholarship Online, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226116334.003.0018.
Abstract
This chapter proposes a political ideology called fair shares. It explains that the fair shares ideology is a biologically grounded approach to social justice that enables definition of a middle ground between capitalism and socialism and the ideological standoff between them. This chapter also comments on philosopher John Rawls' theory of justice as fairness which utilized a variation on the hypothetical “state of nature” in social contract theory to advance a claim for the least advantaged in society.
Keywords:
fair shares, political ideology, social justice, capitalism, socialism, John Rawls, fairness, state of nature, social contract theory
Subject
Evolutionary Biology
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