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    It is not wrong to redistribute goods in a more egalitari... — Carmelics
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    It is not wrong to redistribute goods in a more egalitarian way that eliminates many advantages and disadvantages

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    • 1.There is a presumption in favor of equality of condition
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    • 2.One's natural talents, circumstances of birth, and similar factors are beyond one's control
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    • 3.These factors often give rise to advantages and disadvantages relative to others
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    The “negative” luck argument for egalitarianism is really a rebuttal to the objection that people should not be deprived in the name of egalitarianism of what they have earned. The argument goes like this: Take as a starting point a presumption in favor of equality of condition. Next observe, as before, that one’s natural talents, circumstances of birth, and so on are things beyond one’s control, and, again, that these factors often give rise to advantages and disadvantages relative to others. T
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