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Presumption of Equality

Författare

Redaktör

  • Martin Jönsson

Summary, in English

Presumption of Equality requires that individuals be treated equally in the absence of relevant information that would discriminate between them. Our objective is to make this principle more precise, if viewed as a principle of fairness, and to determine why and under what conditions it should be obeyed.

Presumption norms are procedural constraints, but their justification can be sought in the possible or expected outcomes of the procedures they regulate. This is the avenue pursued here. The suggestion is that in the absence of information that would discriminate between the individuals, equal treatment minimizes the expected unfairness of the outcome. A related suggestion is that equal treatment under these circumstances also minimizes the maximal possible unfairness of the outcome. Whether these suggestions are correct or not depends on the properties of the underlying unfairness measure. The required properties are specified. The essay also considers the normative status of equal lotteries on uneuql treatments.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2008

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

109-155

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

LPR : Lund philosophy reports

Volym

2008:1

Dokumenttyp

Konferensbidrag

Förlag

Department of Philosophy, Lund University

Ämne

  • Philosophy

Conference name

Rutgers-Lund Philosophy Conference

Conference date

2008-01-30

Conference place

Sweden

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1404-3718