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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme

SOE 14: Social Systems, Opinion and Group Dynamics III

SOE 14.6: Talk

Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 15:15–15:30, H44

Information Theory as a Basis for Iustitia Distributiva — •Jörg Becker — ICAS e.V., Starnberg

It is still an open question how to distribute justly the fruits of economic activities in society. The French Revolution has left us with three competing terms: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité. Today, speaking in philosophical terms, the discussion is about liberalism (capitalism?) and egalitarianism (communism?). However, there is a third way in philosophy: it is intuitionism. Asking a large number of individuals and taking the averages in concrete cases results in a clear distribution. We argue that there must be a principle behind such a distribution, and that information theory provides a natural basis for understanding it. We also consider some instructive examples.