Sufficient Level and Beverly Hills: Reexamining Intuitions on Roger Crisp’s Thought Experiment [English original]
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The presented article addresses the issue of distributive justice based on Roger Crisp’s thought experiment, the Beverly Hills case. Besides a brief introduction outlining key theoretical distinctions, the article is divided into four parts. The first part introduces Crisp’s perspective and the original formulation of the Beverly Hills case. The following two parts explore three specifications of this thought experiment, analyzing their impact on initial intuitions. The final part includes a proposal of pluralist sufficientarianism, incorporating two thresholds: a static, objective threshold grounded in Crisp’s view and a dynamic threshold derived from the concept of relative fairness.
Source: Laboratorium Mentis
DOI: 10.52097/lm.9481
Author: Krzesimir Cholewa
Institution: Jagiellonian University
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4407625830