This note provides an alternative derivation of the leximin principle using the framework of Harsanyi’s (1953) equi …-probability model. We demonstrate that the leximin principle is concluded if and only if the preference ordering of the impartial …

of SWOs that includes leximin as a special case, whereas the Lorenz-based concept (i) concludes that extreme inequality …

redistribution of income, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2001) provide the formal result connecting leximin and the idea of …