Political Science · Political Theory
People should not be worse off than others because of brute luck, such as disease, accidents, disabilities or disasters; this theme is the basis of?
ALiberal egalitarians
BSocialist egalitarians
CChance egalitarians
DLuck egalitarians ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Luck egalitarians — The theme that people should not suffer from brute luck is the basis of luck egalitarianism.
Explanation
★The theme that people should not suffer from brute luck is the basis of luck egalitarianism.
★Luck egalitarians distinguish brute luck from option luck that follows from one's own choices.
★They hold that inequalities due to brute luck like disability or disaster are unjust and should be corrected.
★Inequalities that flow from people's free and informed choices may, by contrast, be acceptable.
★Ronald Dworkin is a chief thinker of luck egalitarianism within liberal political theory.
★G.A. Cohen and Richard Arneson are other important contributors to this view.
★The aim is to neutralise the effects of luck while respecting individual responsibility.
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