Browsing by Author "Spafford, Jesse"

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    • Explanation, Justification, and Egalitarianism 

      Spafford, Jesse (2021)
      This paper argues that the philosophy of explanation can help inform core debates in value theory. Specifically, it argues that there is a consistent parallelism between the properties of explanation and the properties of ...

    • Luck Egalitarianism Without Moral Tyranny 

      Spafford, Jesse (2022)
      Luck egalitarians contend that, while each person starts out with a claim to an equal quantity of advantage, she can forfeit this claim by making certain choices. The appeal of luck egalitarianism is that it seems to satisfy ...

    • Self-Ownership and the Duty to Assist 

      Spafford, Jesse (2022)
      Libertarians are attracted to the self-ownership thesis because it seems to satisfy four important theoretical desiderata. First, the thesis treats all persons equally by assigning them the same initial set of rights. ...

    • Strokes of Luck: A Study in Moral and Political Philosophy 

      Spafford, Jesse (2023)