On Fairness

'In this well written book Craig Carr analyses the moral concept of fairness. After criticizing several alternative accounts, he defends the view that fairness is a kind of fidelity to the social practices in which one is a participant.' The Philosophical Quarterly

• Contents: Introduction: Dimensions of fairness: The material and formal dimension of concepts; Two concepts of fairness; Fairness and respect for persons; Objectivity, impartiality and fairness: Taking advantage and disadvantaging; Impartiality and bias; Disadvantaging and personal interests; Fair shares: The principle of fairness; Fairness and equality; Presumptive equality; Fairness and associative attachments; Fairness and following rules: Fairness and formal justice; Procedural and background fairness; Following rules and acting unfairly; Fair bargains and bargaining fairly; Fidelity to Social Practice: Social Practices; The fundamentals of fairness; Fairness and distribution; The limits of fairness; Toward a moral theory of Fairness: Traditions of moral discourse; The morality of happiness; Fairness and interactive morality; Fairness and associative morality; Fairness and consent; Simple Fairness: "Being fair to..."; Facilitative fairness: simple accommodation; Facilitative fairness: lotteries; Taking turns and respect for others; Fair Procedures: Hard bargains; Fairness and rational choice; Perfect and imperfect procedural justice; Fairness and virtue; The fairness of social practices; Fairmindedness; Fairness as an end; Bibliography; Index.