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Abstract
The doctrine of sufficiency, originated by Harry Frankfurt, has over the past years grown into a prominent competitor to egalitarianism as the leading distributive ideal for political philosophy. This paper elaborates on the content of the doctrine of sufficiency as well as different ways to unfold it as a guiding principle for distrib-utive justice. The paper distinguishes between: (i) hybrid-theories, which use suf-ficiency together with other distributive principles; (ii) vertical multiple-threshold theories, which identify several sufficiency thresholds on the same unified dimen-sion; and (iii) horizontal multiple-threshold theories, which identify several distribu-tive spheres each with their own sufficiency threshold. The paper argues that hori-zontal multiple-threshold theories are the most promising and defendable versions of the doctrine of sufficiency.
Translated title of the contribution | Sufficiency and Distributive Justice |
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Original language | Danish |
Journal | Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift |
Volume | 119 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 767-780 |
ISSN | 0039-0747 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
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Sufficiency and Capability: On the ideal of distributive justice
Nielsen, L. (Head coordinator)
02/02/2015 → 13/05/2020
Project: Research
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VVS: Værdier, velfærd og sundhedskommunikation
Klausen, S. H. (Head coordinator), Nielsen, L. (CoI), Cenci, A. (CoI), Christensen, A.-M. S. (CoI), Christiansen, R. (CoI), Grund, C. M. (CoI), Emiliussen, J. (CoI), Engelsen, S. (CoI), Wolsing, P. (CoI) & Nielsen, T. H. (Project participant)
03/09/2018 → …
Project: Research