I study the egalitarian way of distributing resources across generations. Distributional equity deeply conflicts with the Pareto principle: efficient allocations cannot guarantee that i) each generation be assigned a consumption bundle that is at least as large as an arbitrarily small fraction of the bundle assigned to any other generation and that ii) each generation finds its assigned bundle ...

We reconsider the problem of aggregating individual preference orderings into a single social ordering when alternatives are lotteries and individual preferences are of the von Neumann-Morgenstern type. Relative egalitarianism ranks alternatives by applying the leximin ordering to the distributions of (0-1) normalized utilities they generate. We propose an axiomatic characterization of this agg...

When deciding how to weigh benefits to different groups, standard economic models assume that people focus on the final distribution of utility, health or whatever. Thus, an egalitarian is assumed to be an egalitarian in the outcome space. But what about egalitarianism in the gains space, such that people focus instead on how equally benefits are distributed? This paper reports on a study in wh...

In this paper, we discuss the egalitarianism solution (ES) and center-of-gravity of the imputation-set value (CIV) for bicooperative games, which can be seen as the extensions of the solutions for traditional games given by Dutta and Ray [1] and Driessen and Funaki [2]. Furthermore, axiomatic systems for the given values are proposed. Finally, a numerical example is offered to illustrate the pl...

Marginanism and egalitarianism are two main standpoints in economics. The Shapley value has been characterized in many ways from the view of marginalism. In this paper, we characterize the Solidarity value with respect to the egalitarianism by three approaches applied to the Shapley value. We introduce a revised potential function and deduce the recursive formula of the Solidarity value. It is ...

In Justice and Natural Resources: An Egalitarian Theory (2017), Chris Armstrong proposes a version of global egalitarianism that – contra the default renderings this approach takes individual attachment to specific resources into account. By doing this, his theory has potential for greening both in terms procedure scope. procedure, its broad account focus on individuals rather than groups conne...

Abstract Some claim that a commitment to egalitarianism is in tension with support for reparations historical injustice. This appears arise insofar as forward-looking approach justice: an tells us what kind of world we should aim build, where not defined terms the decisions or actions previous generations. have claimed thereby renders redundant (what I will refer redundancy thesis ). One popula...