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    Equal opportunity for welfare only demands compensation f... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Equal opportunity for welfare does not require equalizing compensation for expensive religious commitments when the believer can reasonably be deemed responsible for choosing that religion.

    Equal opportunity for welfare only demands compensation for disadvantages the person cannot reasonably be held responsible for.

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    This equality of resources ideal can be compared to an alternative equality of welfare approach that Dworkin rejects. Consider various examples in which someone becomes worse off than others in some respect and the question becomes whether level playing field justice requires compensation to restore equality across people in that respect. The measure used to assess people as better or worse off interacts with notions of personal responsibility regarded as shaping egalitarian requirements. Suppos

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