reparations & exploitation

[Justin Schwartz]

The hypothetical is: suppose that praise and other moral incentives would 
not significantly improve the well being of the least well off, but money 
would, because of the incentives, and a 100% differential would make a big 
difference to them. --jks


>From: "Carl Remick" <carlremick at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Re: reparations & exploitation
>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:13:14
>
>>Sure, but how big the incentives should be is an empirical question in
>>part.
>>Rawls suggests that inequalities of income are justified if they improve
>>the
>>well being of the least well off. Would you consider it a  reason to
>>licence
>>greater differentials if experience showed that allowing, say, 100%
>>differentials made a significant positive difference to those on the
>>bottom?
>>--jks
>
>Probably not.  In any event, why not give overachievers high-visibility
>praise, etc., instead of financial rewards?
>
>Carl
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