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Equal Endowments as Undominated Diversity

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  • Philippe VAN PARIJS

    (UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN, Department of Economics)

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What is the most sensible formulation of the egalitarian ideal once this fact is fully taken into account? The paper examines a number of answers that have been offered to this question, in particular Ronald Dworkin's counterfactual insurance schemes, and argues against them. It then presents an alternative proposal. The latter generalizes Bruce Ackerman's notion of undominated genetic diversity, it can be interpreted as a condition of potential envy-freedom, and it is consistent with, though more specific than, Amartya Sen's capability-based approach.

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  • Philippe VAN PARIJS, 1990. "Equal Endowments as Undominated Diversity," Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain) 1990034, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
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    1. Thomson, William, 2011. "Chapter Twenty-One - Fair Allocation Rules," Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, in: K. J. Arrow & A. K. Sen & K. Suzumura (ed.), Handbook of Social Choice and Welfare, edition 1, volume 2, chapter 21, pages 393-506, Elsevier.
    2. Kranich, Laurence, 2015. "Equal shadow wealth: A new concept of fairness in exchange economies," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 110-117.
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    8. Fleurbaey, Marc & Maniquet, Francois, 1996. "Fair allocation with unequal production skills: The No Envy approach to compensation," Mathematical Social Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 32(1), pages 71-93, August.
    9. Maryse Gadreau & Claude Schneider-Bunner, 1997. "L'équité dans le modèle de "concurrence organisée" pour la régulation d'un système de santé," Économie et Prévision, Programme National Persée, vol. 129(3), pages 221-237.
    10. Chris Armstrong, 2006. "Debating Opportunities, Outcomes and Democracy: Young and Phillips on Equality," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 54(2), pages 289-309, June.

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