What does society owe me if I am responsible for being worse off?

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  • Martin Marchman Andersen
Luck egalitarians need to address the question of cost-responsibility: If an indi- vidual is responsible for being worse off than others, then what benefits, if any, is that individual uniquely cost-responsible for? By applying luck egalitarianism to justice in health I discuss different answers to this question inspired by two different interpretations of luck egalitarianism, namely ‘standard luck egalitarianism’ and ‘all luck egalitarianism’, respectively. Even though I argue that the latter is more plausible than the former, I ultimately suggest and defend a third interpretation of luck egalitarianism, which I label ‘universal luck egalitarianism’. Finally, I adjust my findings to a (all things considered) more plausible currency, namely welfare.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Applied Philosophy
Volume31
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)271-286
Number of pages16
ISSN0264-3758
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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