GIFTS allow us to build bonds of friendship and love with one another. That some are
prepared to give up what justice entitles them to can serve to re-enforce bonds of fraternity …

The article explores the concept of luck egalitarian writings. It outlines the reasons for
thinking that the luck egalitarians were never committed to the inflated view. It focuses on the …

How should we decide which inequalities between people are justified, and which are
unjustified? One answer is that such inequalities are only justified where there is a …

For some luck egalitarians, the aim of a distributive principle is to counter the effects of luck
on persons' opportunity for well-being; for others, the aim is to mitigate the effects of luck on …

In recent years some moral philosophers and political theorists, who have come to be
called" luck egalitarians" have urged that the essence of social jus-tice is the moral …

ideal so far. It argues that the luck egalitarian key distinction between luck and choice
should, first and foremost, be seen as a rationale, or grounding principle, for a specific …

Luck egalitarianism is a family of egalitarian theories of distributive justice that aim to
counteract the distributive effects of luck. This article explains luck egalitarianism's main …

The notion of choice is essential for luck egalitarians. It plays a crucial role in their
conception of the justice of distributional inequalities. On their theory, the distribution that …

Egalitarians claim that inequality in society is only justified to the extent that it results from
choices freely and responsibly made. Inequality resulting from brute bad luck is not justified …

Luck egalitarian theories of justice are frequently criticised for being unduly harsh on people
who experience disadvantage as a result of their responsible choices. According to the …