Journal Article
| 2006
Relocating the Responsibility Cut: Should more Responsibility Imply Less Redistribution
Liberal egalitarian theories of justice argue that inequalities arising from non-responsibility factors should be eliminated, but that inequalities arising from responsibility factors should be accepted. This article discusses how the fairness argument for redistribution within a liberal egalitarian framework is affected by a relocation of the cut between responsibility and non-responsibility factors. The article also discusses the claim that equalization of some non-responsibility factors will reduce the ideal level of redistribution.
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https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X06068304
https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X06068304
