How should we choose between uncertain prospects in which different possible people might exist at different levels of wellbeing? Alex Voorhoeve and Marc Fleurbaey offer an egalitarian answer to this question. I give some reasons to reject their answer and then sketch an alternative, which I call person-affecting prioritarianism
The good of those who are worse off matters more to the overall good than the good of those who are ...
Here we discuss two leading theories of distributive justice: egalitarianism and prioritarianism. We...
This article argues that, contrary to the received view, prioritarianism and egalitarianism are not ...
How should we choose between uncertain prospects in which different possible people might ...
Suppose that you must make choices that may influence the well-being and the identities of the peopl...
A possible person’s conditional expected well-being is what the quality of their prospects would be ...
Suppose that you must make choices that may influence the well-being and the identities of the peopl...
I review Shlomi Segall's book 'Why Inequality Matters'. I argue that it conclusively establishes tha...
A possible person's conditional expected well-being is what the quality of their prospects would be ...
According to the priority view, or prioritarianism, it matters more to benefit people the worse off th...
The good of those who are worse off matters more to the overall good than the good of those who are ...
Here we discuss two leading theories of distributive justice: egalitarianism and prioritarianism. We...
This article argues that, contrary to the received view, prioritarianism and egalitarianism are not ...
How should we choose between uncertain prospects in which different possible people might ...
Suppose that you must make choices that may influence the well-being and the identities of the peopl...
A possible person’s conditional expected well-being is what the quality of their prospects would be ...
Suppose that you must make choices that may influence the well-being and the identities of the peopl...
I review Shlomi Segall's book 'Why Inequality Matters'. I argue that it conclusively establishes tha...
A possible person's conditional expected well-being is what the quality of their prospects would be ...
According to the priority view, or prioritarianism, it matters more to benefit people the worse off th...
The good of those who are worse off matters more to the overall good than the good of those who are ...
Here we discuss two leading theories of distributive justice: egalitarianism and prioritarianism. We...
This article argues that, contrary to the received view, prioritarianism and egalitarianism are not ...