Konow, J. (2003). Which is the fairest one of all? A positive analysis of justice theories. Journal of economic literature, 41(4), 1188-1239.
This paper evaluates numerous positive and normative theories of justice in positive terms, i.e., in terms of how accurately they describe the impartial fairness preferences of real people. In addition, the paper proposes and defends an integrated justice theory based on preferences over four distinct and sometimes conflicting forces. These forces frame the analysis of the individual theories and inspire four corresponding theoretical classes: equality ...