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How Gifts And Gambles Preserve Justice

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This paper examines G. A. Cohen's final criticism of Ronald Dworkin's theory of equality of resources, which targets its treatment of inequalities that arise when some individuals make luckier choices than others make. Rebutting Cohen's argument that such option luck inequalities fail to be just in an unqualified sense, the paper argues that choice does not merely render inequality legitimate but instead can sometimes make inequality just. It also examines the relationship between Cohen's criticism and the conception of equality developed in his earlier influential paper, ‘On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice’.

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  • Williams, Andrew, 2013. "How Gifts And Gambles Preserve Justice," Economics and Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 29(1), pages 65-85, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:ecnphi:v:29:y:2013:i:01:p:65-85_00
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    1. Theodore J Everett & Bruce M Everett, 2015. "Justice and Gini coefficients," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 14(2), pages 187-208, May.
    2. Jens Damgaard Thaysen & Andreas Albertsen, 2017. "When bad things happen to good people," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 16(1), pages 93-112, February.

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