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Gerald Allen Cohen Where the action is: On the site of distributive justice article Principles about the just distribution of benefits and burdens in society apply, wherever else they do, to people’s legally unconstrained choices. The distinction between coercive and informal structure may, however, be quite blurred.

Where the action is: On the site of distributive justice

Gerald Allen Cohen

Philosophy & public affairs, vol. 26, no. 1, 1997, pp. 3–30

Abstract

Principles about the just distribution of benefits and burdens in society apply, wherever else they do, to people’s legally unconstrained choices. The distinction between coercive and informal structure may, however, be quite blurred.

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