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The limits of fair equality of opportunity
The principle of fair equality of opportunity is regularly used to justify social policies, both in the philosophical literature and in public discourse. However, too often commentators fail to make explicit just what they take the principle to say. A principle of fair equality of opportunity does not say anything at all until certain variables are filled in. I want to draw attention to two var...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Conatus
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2459-3842
DOI: 10.12681/conatus.19383