dc.contributor.author | SADURSKI, Wojciech | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-05-12T15:30:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-05-12T15:30:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1725-6739 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/6812 | |
dc.description.abstract | It is sometimes argued that social and natural inequalities which are both arbitrary from
a moral point of view should nevertheless have a different moral status in a theory of
justice: while inequalities of a social type should be rightfully neutralized, the effects of
natural inequalities should be respected, because they are a component of individual
identity, in a way that social inequalities are not. This paper argues against such a
distinction. It first clarifies the notion of “natural lottery”; it then draws a distinction
between the notion of “self-ownership” and the extensions of one’s rights over one’s
body. Subsequently, it argues that the appeal to competing conceptions of “the self” is
not helpful in this context, because a “thick” conception of the self is a proxy for a
particular normative conception of justice, rather than a metaphysical presupposition for
theories of justice. The paper concludes by suggesting an interpretation of the metaphor
of a “common pool of natural abilities” that would not be intrusive so as to effectively
respect the separate identity of individuals. | en |
dc.format.extent | 24064 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | European University Institute | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | EUI LAW | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2007/12 | en |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | Social justice | en |
dc.subject | Equality | en |
dc.title | Arbitrariness of Social and Natural Differences: Luck, Lottery, and Equality | en |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
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