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Justice Beyond the Veil: Revisiting Brock’s Game Theoretic Account of Social Justice and Its Contemporary Significance
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Abhishek Sharma
Research Scholar at Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., India
Abstract
Horace W. Brock’s 1979 essay, “A Game Theoretic Account of Social Justice,” offers a profound reinterpretation of distributive justice by integrating two foundational norms: allocation by need and allocation by contribution. This review re-examines Brock’s work in the context of contemporary ethical and policy challenges. We explore how his bifurcated model, using game-theoretic tools like the Nash Bargaining Solution and the Shapley Value, can be adapted to address modern dilemmas in economic inequality, climate justice, algorithmic decision-making, and participatory governance. By bridging philosophical rigor with mathematical precision, Brock’s theory continues to offer a valuable lens for conceptualizing justice in our globalized, data-driven society.
Keywords
- Distributive Justice
- Game Theory and Ethics
- Nash Bargaining Solution
- Shapley Value
- Algorithmic Fairnes
Type
Research Paper
Information
International Journal of Law Management and Humanities, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 1982 - 1993
DOI: https://doij.org/10.10000/IJLMH.1110121Creative Commons
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