The ethic of proportional redistribution is a compromise between the extremely compensatory ethic of full redistribution and the needs-blind ethic of laissez-faire. In a basic model of redistribution problems with needs, we characterize proportional redistribution with a combination of axioms that formalize minimal requirements of accountability, functionality, and impartiality. Consequently, we provide a new ethical rationalization for the ancient Aristotelian maxim of proportionality.
@article{arxiv.2511.23374,
title = {Proportional redistribution},
author = {Ricardo Martinez and Juan D. Moreno-Ternero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.23374},
year = {2025}
}