The present
study is a normative analysis that reaches to identify the conceptions of
distributive justice reconstructed from the design of the current Uruguayan Cash
transfer programs: Family Allowances of Equity Plan (AFAM – PE) and Social
Uruguay Card (TUS). The analysis of each one of these policies will be
formulated separately through the same methodology. These methodology is based
on the reconstruction and interpretation of four key criteria from the policy
design and his comparison with the same implicit criteria from each one of the
five distributive justice conceptions considered in the present research
(Libertarianism, Utilitarism, Egalitarian liberalism proposed by Rawls, Capability
Approach proposed by Sen and the theory of equal opportunity by Roemer). The
study found that the normative criteria of AFAM – PE is most aligned with the
theory of capability approach proposed by Sen while TUS is most aligned with
the theory of egalitarian liberalism proposed by Rawls. The present research
intends to contribute to the debate on Uruguayan social programs from an infrequent
perspective in the academic field due to his normative character, allowing to
expand the knowledge of these programs.
