2025/11/10 by Dai Oba · 2 voices
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · Business, Management and Accounting · #Political Philosophy and Ethics #Philosophical Ethics and Theory #Regulation and Compliance Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s0266267125100564
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Abstract While the idea of predistribution is gaining traction, it may seem inherently elusive. The source of confusion is the prefix ‘pre’, which denotes priority or prevention. This paper proposes a new functional definition of predistribution that is practically useful and unifies different predistributive policies. Through defending predistribution as policies of ex ante distribution, I offer a philosophically robust notion of priority (‘procedural priority’) and different functions of prevention that help make sense of predistribution. I also develop typologies of different predistributive policies and explore justificatory grounds and strengths of predistribution. I emphasize instrumental reasons for supporting predistribution.