What does society owe me if I am responsible for being worse off?

Martin Marchman Andersen

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Abstract

Luck egalitarians need to address the question of cost-responsibility: If an indi- vidual is responsible for being worse off than others, then what benefits, if any, is that individual uniquely cost-responsible for? By applying luck egalitarianism to justice in health I discuss different answers to this question inspired by two different interpretations of luck egalitarianism, namely ‘standard luck egalitarianism’ and ‘all luck egalitarianism’, respectively. Even though I argue that the latter is more plausible than the former, I ultimately suggest and defend a third interpretation of luck egalitarianism, which I label ‘universal luck egalitarianism’. Finally, I adjust my findings to a (all things considered) more plausible currency, namely welfare.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Applied Philosophy
Vol/bind31
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)271-286
Antal sider16
ISSN0264-3758
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2014

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