Egalitarian theorists, since Rawls, have in the main advocated equalizing some objective measure of individual well-being, such as primary goods, functioning, or resources, rather than subjective welfare. This discussion, however, has assumed, implicitly, a static environment. By analyzing a...

The ethic of priority is a compromise between the extremely compensatory ethic of outcome equality and the needs-blind ethic of resource equality. We propose an axiom of priority and characterize resource-allocation rules that are impartial, prioritarian, and solidaristic. They comprise a class...

How should health services be allocated if we wish to equalize opportunities among citizens of a country for longevity, or quality - adjusted life years (QUALYs)? Equalizing opportunities means leveling off the differences in the objective (say, longevity) due to circumstances beyond the...