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On the equivalence between welfarism and equality of opportunity (2002).
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| Author | Maniquet, François |
| Abstract | A welfarist way of allocating resources consists in 1) equipping individuals with comparable indices of their well-being and 2) applying a unique aggregation rule to individual well-being levels. An equality of opportunity way of allocating resources consists in 1) making the distinction between personal characteristics which are under and beyond individuals ’ control, and 2) decreasing inequalities due to differences in characteristics beyond individuals ’ control. We show that under the proviso that indifferent individuals should not influence social judgements, welfarist and equal opportunity judgements on resource allocation are equivalent. 1 |
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| Publisher Date | 2002-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |