DESERT

David Schmidtz

doi:10.4324/9781003411598-43

DESERT

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People ought to get what they deserve. What we deserve can depend on effort, performance, or on excelling in competition, even when excellence is partly a function of our natural gifts. Or so most people believe. Philosophers sometimes say otherwise, worrying that our efforts are aided by positional advantages, natural gifts, and sheer luck, so how much can we deserve? Indeed, given what Rawls says about our very characters resulting from an interplay of such undeserved factors, how can we deserve anything at all?.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy
Subtitle of host publication	Second Edition
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	435-446
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781040147740
ISBN (Print)	9781032533452
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003411598-43
State	Published - Jan 1 2024
Externally published	Yes

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General Arts and Humanities
General Social Sciences
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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