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Egalitarianism and Personal Desert
Author(s)Roemer, John E.
AbstractUtilitarians, maximinners, prioritarians, and sufficientarians each provide examples of situations demonstrating, often apparently compellingly, that a sensible ethical observer must adopt their view and reject the others. I argue, to the contrary, that an attractive ethic is eclectic or pluralistic, in the sense of coinciding with these apparently different views in different regions of the space of social states. I reject the view that an appealing ethic can be universally maximin, prioritarian, or utilitarian.
IssueNo3
Pages267-281
ArticleAccess to Article
SourcePolitics, Philosophy and Economics
VolumeNo3
PubDate 2004
ISBN_ISSN1470-594X

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