LISTER AS A SURGEON

Andrew Lister Justice as Fairness and Reciprocity ∗

This paper tries to reconcile reciprocity with a fundamentally `subjectcentred' ethic by interpreting the reciprocity condition as a consequence of the fact that justice is in part a relational value. Duties of egalitarian distributive justice are not grounded on the duty to reciprocate bene ts already received, but limited by a reasonable assurance of compliance on the part of those able to re...

Lord Lister

i hp; medical man who wishes to gain a clear idea of the broad foundations upon which modern medicine and surgery are based should read two great books which are almost twin classics; Rene Vallery Radot's Life of Pasteur" (English translation by Mrs. Devonshire), and Sir Rickman Godlee's "Lord Lister," the re-appearance of which in a third edition we cordially welcome. Both are finely written s...

Lister: An Appreciation

While the civilised world is mourning one of the supreme benefactors of the human race, who has passed away in a ripe and honoured old age, it may interest the readers of the Journal, Specially its \*ounger subscribers, to peruse some personal reminiscences of the man and his work by one who knew him intimately, and who worked under him in the later seventies, when he was still almost alone in ...

Lakatos reloaded. A reply to Lister

Michael Lister has responded to my critique of his work with what Lakatos (1980) called a “problem shift”. In his original paper, Lister (2007) presented empirical evidence that selective welfare state institutions undermine norms of solidarity, which in turn depresses turnout in general elections. In my comment (Arzheimer 2008), I demonstrate that, while the hypothesis is certainly plausible, ...

Testimonial to Sir Joseph Lister