공정한 임금, 공정한 사회 = 비교가치(comparable worth)의 규범적 정당성에 관한 소고

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The impetus of this paper comes from a question concerning a normative justification of comparable worth. Comparable worth (or pay equity) is a principle that supports equal wage for the work of equal value. Importantly, it provides a rationale for criticizing gender pay gap in the labor market. This paper argues that gender pay gap is an outcome caused by the gender division of job and gender job hierarchy, which are all systematically generated by the unjust structural discrimination of gender. It thus argues that a normative justification of comparable worth should rely on an effort to identify and rectify unjust structural gender inequality rather than to delve into the intrinsic value of labor itself. In this concern, it is reasonable to say that comparable worth has radical potential to challenge structural gender discrimination including not only gender pay gap in the labor market but also various women's and gender issues of society related to the structural injustice of gender.