Abstract
AbstractThe article has two aims. First, to show that a version of luck egalitarianism that includes relational goods amongst its distribuenda can, as a matter of internal logic, account for one of the core beliefs of relational egalitarianism. Therefore, there will be important extensional overlap, at the level of domestic justice, between luck egalitarianism and relational egalitarianism. This is an important consideration in assessing the merits of and relationship between the two rival views. Second, to provide some support for including relational goods, including those advocated by relational egalitarianism, on the distribuenda of justice and therefore to put in a good word for the overall plausibility of this conception of justice. I show why relational egalitarians, too, have reason to sympathise with this proposal.
Highlights
Two views of social justice have been engaging philosophers’ attention and sympathy over the past decades: luck egalitarianism and relational egalitarianism
To provide some support for including relational goods, including those advocated by relational egalitarianism, on the distribuenda of justice and to put in a good word for the overall plausibility of this conception of justice
The second view, relational egalitarianism, is a conception according to which justice is not essentially about distributing individually consumable goods, but about creating social relationships free from exploitation, domination and exclusion
Summary
Two views of social justice have been engaging philosophers’ attention and sympathy over the past decades: luck egalitarianism and relational egalitarianism. This is so because they make an important contribution to the metric of justice –. A second objection points to the fact that a pluralist distribuenda of justice which includes DRGs is unlikely to pass the test of state neutrality This objection will cut with equal force against my version of luck egalitarianism and against relational justice. I conclude that relational egalitarianism and the kind of luck egalitarianism that I advocate are potential allies in advancing an egalitarian agenda interested in living together well, as equals
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