Two-Level Luck Egalitarianism: Reconciling Rights, Respect, and Responsibility
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Value Inquiry
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0022-5363,1573-0492
DOI: 10.1007/s10790-020-09752-3