The Rawls-Tawney Theorem and the Digital Divide in Postindustrial Society
The Rawls-Tawney Theorem and the Digital Divide in Postindustrial Society
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10.1002/asi.21470
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发表时间：
2011-03-01
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Duff, Alistair S.
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作者：
Duff, Alistair S.
数字鸿沟继续挑战全球政界和学术界。简要评估了一系列政策解决方案，从右翼的自由放任主义到左翼的“算术”平均主义。该文章将数字鸿沟重新定义为后工业社会中假定重要信息（例如选举数据、新闻、科学）的社会分配问题。它总体上支持左翼自由主义的差别或“几何”平均主义，并试图通过对约翰·罗尔斯和R·H·托尼的思想的可能原始综合，以更精确的方式进行投资，从而实现效用。有人认为，一旦某些类别的信息被赋予“初级商品”的地位，它们的分配就必须符合 20 世纪道德社会民主的主要倡导者所阐述的正义原则。 由此产生的罗尔斯-托尼定理，如果有效的话，可能会增加 21 世纪干预主义信息政策的选择组合。
The digital divide continues to challenge political and academic circles worldwide. A range of policy solutions is briefly evaluated, from laissez-faire on the right to "arithmetic" egalitarianism on the left. The article recasts the digital divide as a problem for the social distribution of presumptively important information (e.g., electoral data, news, science) within postindustrial society. Endorsing in general terms the left-liberal approach of differential or "geometric" egalitarianism, it seeks to invest this with greater precision, and therefore utility, by means of a possibly original synthesis of the ideas of John Rawls and R. H. Tawney. It is argued that, once certain categories of information are accorded the status of "primary goods," their distribution must then comply with principles of justice as articulated by those major 20th century exponents of ethical social democracy.The resultant Rawls-Tawney theorem, if valid, might augment the portfolio of options for interventionist information policy in the 21st century.