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Luck in the Just Society -Sociology of Individual’s Choices and a Justification for Egalitarian Social Policies-

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Luck in the Just Society -Sociology of Individual’s Choices and a Justification for Egalitarian Social Policies-

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To what extent can individuals be kept responsible for the disadvantages they experience? This is undoubtedly one of the most fundamental questions that have led to a historical cleavage between egalitarian perspectives that underline roles of structural inequalities leading to disadvantages and anti-egalitarian/libertarian perspectives that tend to keep individuals themselves responsible for their own living conditions. Taking a mediating position between these perspectives, a relatively new normative framework, viz. luck egalitarianism, has recently provided an analytical answer to this question. Building upon an authentic conceptual framework in which two distinct forms of luck are defined, it claims that individuals cannot be kept responsible for their disadvantaged conditions so long as these conditions have appeared as consequences of factors that are beyond their own control, such as luck, which inescapably brings forth a normative idea that individuals should take responsibility of disadvantages that are consequences of their own choices/decisions. This paper discusses that evaluative aspects of individuals’ choices/decisions within the given configuration of luck egalitarianism’s analytical framework are excessively ambiguous, which can easily lead it to turn into a perspective morally justifying quite a number of disadvantages. Drawing on various hypothetical cases and empirical findings, it suggests that luck egalitarianism should recognize sociological formation of individuals’ choices/decisions in modern stratified societies to overcome such jeopardy. Following this, it addresses two positive implications of such recognition as (1) saving luck egalitarianism from being a means of right-wing exclusionary political positions and (2) opening up a space to incorporate egalitarian social policies.

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Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Siyasal Teori ve Siyaset Felsefesi, Dezavantajlı Gruplar, Siyaset Sosyolojisi

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

27 Eylül 2023

Gönderilme Tarihi

30 Mayıs 2023

Kabul Tarihi

26 Temmuz 2023

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2023 Cilt: 23 Sayı: 3

Kaynak Göster

APA
Arun, M. O. (2023). Luck in the Just Society -Sociology of Individual’s Choices and a Justification for Egalitarian Social Policies-. Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 23(3), 751-770. https://doi.org/10.18037/ausbd.1307244
AMA
1.Arun MO. Luck in the Just Society -Sociology of Individual’s Choices and a Justification for Egalitarian Social Policies-. AÜSBD. 2023;23(3):751-770. doi:10.18037/ausbd.1307244
Chicago
Arun, M. Onur. 2023. “Luck in the Just Society -Sociology of Individual’s Choices and a Justification for Egalitarian Social Policies-”. Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 23 (3): 751-70. https://doi.org/10.18037/ausbd.1307244.
EndNote
Arun MO (01 Eylül 2023) Luck in the Just Society -Sociology of Individual’s Choices and a Justification for Egalitarian Social Policies-. Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 23 3 751–770.
IEEE
[1]M. O. Arun, “Luck in the Just Society -Sociology of Individual’s Choices and a Justification for Egalitarian Social Policies-”, AÜSBD, c. 23, sy 3, ss. 751–770, Eyl. 2023, doi: 10.18037/ausbd.1307244.
ISNAD
Arun, M. Onur. “Luck in the Just Society -Sociology of Individual’s Choices and a Justification for Egalitarian Social Policies-”. Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 23/3 (01 Eylül 2023): 751-770. https://doi.org/10.18037/ausbd.1307244.
JAMA
1.Arun MO. Luck in the Just Society -Sociology of Individual’s Choices and a Justification for Egalitarian Social Policies-. AÜSBD. 2023;23:751–770.
MLA
Arun, M. Onur. “Luck in the Just Society -Sociology of Individual’s Choices and a Justification for Egalitarian Social Policies-”. Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 23, sy 3, Eylül 2023, ss. 751-70, doi:10.18037/ausbd.1307244.
Vancouver
1.M. Onur Arun. Luck in the Just Society -Sociology of Individual’s Choices and a Justification for Egalitarian Social Policies-. AÜSBD. 01 Eylül 2023;23(3):751-70. doi:10.18037/ausbd.1307244