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The indispensability of sufficientarianism

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper, I argue that sufficientarian principles are indispensable in the set of principles that have bearing on issues in distributive ethics. I provide two arguments in favor of this claim. First, I argue that sufficientarianism is the only framework that allows us to appropriately analyze what sort of obligations we have toward individuals who are badly off due to their own faults and choices. Second, I argue that sufficientarianism is the only theory that provides an adequate framework for thinking about the desperately badly off.

Source: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy

DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2018.1479817

Author: Anders Herlitz

Institutions: Harvard University, University of Gothenburg

Language: English

Topic: Political Philosophy and Ethics

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd

Award: G617642414