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Distributive justice. --- Income distribution. --- Utility theory --- Taxation

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Luck egalitarianism is a family of egalitarian theories of distributive justice that aim to counteract the distributive effects of luck. This article explains luck egalitarianism's main ideas, and the debates that have accompanied its rise to prominence. There are two main parts to the discussion. The first part sets out three key moves in the influential early statements of Dworkin, Arneson, and Cohen: the brute luck/option luck distinction, the specification of brute luck in everyday or theoretical terms and the specification of advantage as resources, welfare, or some combination of these. The second part covers three later developments: the democratic egalitarian critique of luck egalitarianism, the luck egalitarian acceptance of pluralism, and luck egalitarian doubts about the significance of the brute luck/option luck distinction.

Philosophy --- Equality. --- Distributive justice. --- Political science --- Philosophy. --- Equality --- Distributive justice --- Social contract

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Comparative economics. --- Distributive justice. --- Economics. --- Industrial management --- Welfare economics. --- Employee participation.

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Since Aristotle, many different theories of distributive justice have been proposed, by philosophers as well as social scientists. The typical approach within social choice theory is to assess these theories in an axiomatic way - most of the time the reader is confronted with abstract reasoning and logical deductions. This book shows that empirical insights are necessary if one wants to apply any theory of justice in the real world. It does so by confronting the main theories of distributive justice with data from (mostly) questionnaire experiments. The book starts with an extensive discussion on why empirical social choice makes sense and how it should be done. It then presents various experimental results relating to theories of distributive justice, including the Rawlsian equity axiom, Harsanyi's version of utilitarianism, utilitarianism with a floor, responsibility-sensitive egalitarianism, the claims problem and fairness in health.

Microeconomics --- Social choice --- Distributive justice --- Social choice. --- Distributive justice. --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Justice --- Social justice --- Wealth --- Choice, Social --- Collective choice --- Public choice --- Choice (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Welfare economics --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics

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Distributive justice --- Social justice --- Equality --- Psychological aspects --- -Equality --- Justice --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Distribution (Economic theory) --- Wealth --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Distributive justice - Psychological aspects