Distributive justice and the value of information: A (broadly) rawlsian approach

Information Technology and Moral Philosophy

Volumn 9780521855495, Issue , 2008, Pages 376-396

  van den Hoven, Jeroen ^a,b   Rooksby, Emma ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511498725.019     Document Type: Chapter

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