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What Do We Deserve?: A Reader on Justice and Desert

What Do We Deserve?: A Reader on Justice and Desert

Pojman, Louis P.
McLeod, Owen

Paperback

Series: Routledge Advances in International

Philosophy

ISBN10: 0195122186
ISBN13: 9780195122183
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Sep 24 1998
Pages: 330
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.44 Depth: 9.15
Language: English
The concept of desert, which once enjoyed a central place in political and ethical theory, has been relegated to the margins of much of contemporary theory, if not excluded altogether. Recently a renewed interest in the topic has emerged, and several philosophers have argued that the notion merits a more central place in political and ethical theory. Some of these philosophers contend that justice exists to the extent that people receive exactly what they deserve, while others argue that desert should replace such considerations as rights, need, and equality as the basis for distributions. Still others argue that morality involves a fitting match between one's moral character and a degree of happiness. All of these positions have encountered opposition from egalitarians, libertarians, and those who are skeptical about the coherence of the concept of desert.

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