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    Supports→The contractualist justification for the equal-premium insurance scheme risks collapsing into egalitarianism.

    An equal-premium insurance scheme justified by appeal to unchosen disability status implicitly endorses luck egalitarianism's core principle that undeserved inequalities require rectification.

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    Core principle(as used in philosophical arguments)
    The main, fundamental idea that a theory or belief system is built on.
    Rectification(as used in justice and fairness)
    The act of fixing or correcting a wrong, usually by compensating someone who was unfairly treated or had their rights violated.
    Unchosen disability status(as used in discussions of fairness and justice)
    A physical or mental condition that someone was born with or acquired without any decision or action on their part—something that happened to them by chance, not by choice.
    Undeserved inequalities(as used in ethics)
    Unfair differences in how well off people are, where those differences aren't the result of anything they did or earned—they just happened due to circumstances beyond their control.
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    (Term introduced by Elizabeth Anderson; also known as the level playing field ideal)
    The view that justice requires eliminating inequalities that are unchosen and uncourted, while permitting inequalities that result from individual choices made under equal initial conditions and a fair framework for interaction

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