Justice with Universal Basic Income

Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)

• INTRODUCTION
• AN IDEAL SOCIETY
• WHAT IS AN IDEAL SOCIETY?
• SETTING UP PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE
• FIRST APPROXIMATION
• THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS
• A HYPOTHETICAL CONTRACT
• MORAL JUSTIFICATION
• MORALLY IRRELEVANT FACTORS
• DISCUSSING DISTRIBUTIVE PRINCIPLES
• UTILITARIANISM
• LIBERTARIANISM
• MERITOCRACY
• EGALITARIANISM
• UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME FOR AN IDEAL SOCIETY
• WHAT IS A UBI?
• UBI REALISES RAWLS' PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE
• DIFFERENCE PRINCIPLE
• FAIR EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
• FUNDING SOURCES
• INCOME TAX
• CONSUMPTION TAX
• MIXED MODEL
• CONCLUSION

Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)

This Master's Thesis argues for the claim that a universal basic income (UBI) provides the basis for an ideal society. The thesis aims to demonstrate the feasibility of a UBI by analyzing its compatibility with key principles of justice and exploring various funding models.

• Establishing the Principles of Justice for an Ideal Society
• Assessing the UBI's Compatibility with Rawls' Egalitarian Principles
• Analyzing Different Funding Models for a UBI
• Evaluating the Fairness, Simplicity, and Efficiency of Various Funding Models
• Exploring the Potential of a Mixed Funding Model for a UBI

Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)

The introduction outlines the concept of an ideal society, emphasizing the role of a UBI in achieving this ideal. The thesis establishes a framework for analyzing the principles of justice that underpin an ideal society, utilizing thought experiments and exploring four key approaches to distributive justice: utilitarianism, libertarianism, meritocracy, and egalitarianism.

The third chapter introduces the concept of a UBI and delves into its compatibility with Rawls' egalitarian principles of justice, focusing on the Difference Principle and the principle of fair equality of opportunity.

The fourth chapter analyzes different funding sources for a UBI, evaluating income tax, consumption tax, and a mixed model based on criteria such as fairness, simplicity, and efficiency.

Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)

The key terms and concepts explored in this thesis include universal basic income (UBI), ideal society, principles of justice, egalitarianism, John Rawls, Difference Principle, fair equality of opportunity, funding models, income tax, consumption tax, mixed model, fairness, simplicity, efficiency.