The Harshness Objection: Is luck egalitarianism too harsh on the victims of option luck?

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 389-407

  Voigt, Kristin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRIST CHURCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Equality; Harshness; Luck egalitarianism; Option luck

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548567731     PISSN: 13862820     EISSN: 15728447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10677-006-9060-4     Document Type: Article

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