Designing a just soda tax
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Ethical analysis of how to design a just soda tax; the object is public health taxation policy, not research.
The paper addresses the ethical design of soda taxes, not research itself.
Normative ethics of soda-tax design; object is public policy, not research.
Abstract
Abstract Soda taxes are controversial. While proponents point to their potential health benefits and the public projects that could be funded with their revenue, critics argue that they are paternalistic and regressive. In this paper, we explore the prospects for designing a just soda tax, one that appropriately balances the often-competing ethical considerations of promoting social welfare, respecting people’s autonomy and ensuring distributive fairness. We argue that policymakers have several paths forward for designing a just soda tax, but that the considerations relevant to ethical policy design are more complicated than is sometimes acknowledged.
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- Venue
- Economics and Philosophy
- Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Field
- Business, Management and Accounting
- Canadian institutions
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- Funders
- National Institutes of HealthSimon Fraser UniversityAmherst College
- Keywords
- PaternalismPublic economicsEconomicsDistributive propertyAutonomyRevenuePoint (geometry)Tax revenueLaw and economicsWelfareDistributive justiceTax policyTax reformPolitical scienceEconomic JusticeLawMicroeconomicsMarket economy
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