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Philosophical Explorations of Justice and Taxation

National and Global Issues

  • Offers a timely contribution to the academic discourse in philosophy and other disciplines
  • Includes excellent philosophical work on taxation in a national, international and global context
  • Brings together chapters from leading scholars on the relationship between justice and taxation on both principal and applied levels
  • Discusses the central issue of international and global taxation and their relation to global justice
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice (IUSGENT, volume 40)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Outlining the Field of Tax Justice

    • Helmut P. Gaisbauer, Gottfried Schweiger, Clemens Sedmak
    Pages 1-14
  3. Grounding Taxation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
    2. Fiscal Justice and Justified Trust

      • Clemens Sedmak, Helmut P. Gaisbauer
      Pages 17-31
    3. Taxation and the Duty to Alleviate Poverty

      • Gottfried Schweiger
      Pages 33-45
    4. Justice, Equality and Taxation

      • Dietmar von der Pfordten
      Pages 47-65
  4. Justifying different Types of Taxation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
    2. Why Taxing Consumption?

      • Xavier Landes
      Pages 101-117
    3. Egalitarianism and Consumption Tax

      • Daniel Halliday
      Pages 119-133
    4. Why Do the Public Oppose Inheritance Taxes?

      • Rajiv Prabhakar
      Pages 151-166
  5. International and Global Taxation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
    2. The Global Luxuries Tax

      • Timothy Mawe, Vittorio Bufacchi
      Pages 203-217
    3. Taxation: Its Justification and Application to Global Contexts

      • Teppo Eskelinen, Arto Laitinen
      Pages 219-236

About this book

This volume presents philosophical contributions examining questions of the grounding and justification of taxation and different types of taxes such as inheritance, wealth, consumption or income tax in relation to justice and the concept of a just society. The chapters cover the different levels at which the discussion on taxation and justice takes place: On the principal level, chapters investigate the justification and grounding of taxation as such and the role taxation plays and should play in the design of justice, be it for a just society or a just world order. On a more concrete level, chapters present discussions of these general reflections in more depth and examine different types of taxation, tax systems and their design and implementation. On an applied level, chapters discuss certain specific taxes, such as wealth and inheritance taxes, and examine whether or not a certain tax should be favored and for what reasons as well as why it is just to target certain kinds of assets or income. Finally, this volume contains chapters that discuss the central issue of international and global taxation and their relation to global justice.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

    Helmut P. Gaisbauer, Gottfried Schweiger, Clemens Sedmak

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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