This article investigates relationships between photography and measuring. It outlines main types of visual measurement within scientific (such as spectroscopy or photogrammetry) proposes to broaden the analysis by understanding measuring a cultural technique, which has particular reach outside institutions uses. Here it connects arguments from media theory with questions argues that centrality...

Suppose a principle of distributive justice states that social institutions should maximize the freedom least well-off. Understanding how to do so would be easier if only depended on one good, like income. If it depends instead composite index primary goods, question arises: Which combination goods can well-off? This is John Rawls’ indexing problem. Solving requires addressing two related probl...