TY - JOUR
T1 - When Bad Things Happen to Good People
T2 - Luck Egalitarianism and Costly Rescues
AU - Thaysen, Jens Damgaard
AU - Brøgger Albertsen, Andreas
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - According to luck egalitarianism, it is not unfair when people are disadvantaged by choices they are responsible for. This implies that those who are disadvantaged by choices that prevent disadvantage to others are not eligible for compensation. This is counterintuitive. We argue that the problem such cases pose for luck egalitarianism reveals an important distinction between responsibility for creating disadvantage and responsibility for distributing disadvantage which has hitherto been overlooked. We develop and defend a version of luck egalitarianism which only holds people responsible for creating disadvantage. This revision enables luck egalitarianism to offer compensation to those who are disadvantaged by preventing disadvantage to others,like dependent caretakers, without compromising the responsibility–sensitivity at theheart of luck egalitarianism.
AB - According to luck egalitarianism, it is not unfair when people are disadvantaged by choices they are responsible for. This implies that those who are disadvantaged by choices that prevent disadvantage to others are not eligible for compensation. This is counterintuitive. We argue that the problem such cases pose for luck egalitarianism reveals an important distinction between responsibility for creating disadvantage and responsibility for distributing disadvantage which has hitherto been overlooked. We develop and defend a version of luck egalitarianism which only holds people responsible for creating disadvantage. This revision enables luck egalitarianism to offer compensation to those who are disadvantaged by preventing disadvantage to others,like dependent caretakers, without compromising the responsibility–sensitivity at theheart of luck egalitarianism.
KW - Luck egalitarianism
KW - Distributive justice
KW - Morally good actions
KW - Vulnerability of dependent cartakers
KW - Elizabeth Anderson
KW - innocent choice
KW - superogatory actions
U2 - 10.1177/1470594X16666017
DO - 10.1177/1470594X16666017
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
SN - 1470-594X
VL - 16
SP - 93
EP - 112
JO - Politics, Philosophy & Economics
JF - Politics, Philosophy & Economics
IS - 1
ER -