Egalitarianism and personal desert

Article Abstract:

A position which accords a relatively insignificant role to personal desert in determining fair distribution of income is more just than those that give it no role at all or else a central role. Desert needs to be distinguished from entitlement claims based on contractual agreement, which are actually a greater source of inequality. Some factors that determine desert include effort, risk-taking and motivation. When agents can take credit for what they do, income differentials based on desert are justifiable.

Income distribution, Distributive justice

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Equality

Article Abstract:

The value of equality is best interpreted teleologically rather than deontologically. The deontological view regards inequality as a problem only when it is caused by an agent who violates a duty to treat people equally. The inability to show the wrongness of inequalities that arise apart from any individual or institutional agency is a serious limitation of the deontological view. According to the teleological view, equality is a value because individuals have moral claims to a fair distribution of goods.

Teleology

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The Answer to Kekes's Question(*)

Article Abstract:

John Kekes's arguments are based on a misinterpretation of egalitarianism, which he claims would result in absurd policies. Kekes' arguments are not relevant to Rawlsian egalitarianism or to non-Rawlsian alternatives, however.

Discrimination, Rawls, John

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