Colombatto, Enrico; Tavormina, Valerio - In: International Journal of Social Economics 43 (2016) 11, pp. 1156-1170
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss whether altruism justifies ad hoc legislation with reference to three different contexts. One is defined by the libertarian notion of liberty; a second framework corresponds to the egalitarian vision; and a third one originates from social-contract...