0G78: Omelas and Distributive Justice
Philosophers In Space
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The Complexity of Egalitarianism
i don't know how someone could take that opinion with a straight face yeah well one objection that often gets raised when you start to bring in these egalitarian arguments is called the leveling down objection. What actually counts as equal what actually counts as fair turns out it's an incredibly complex thing um uh Temkin i think lists like 11 different distinct aspects to what could go into our considerations of egalitarian judgments and then you get into things like luck where we haven't even talked about the luck side of this.
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