Rawlsian Fair Equality of Opportunity and Developmental Opportunities
Ileana Dascălu Abstract: This paper discusses the Rawlsian principle of Fair Equality of Opportunity in the context of Fishkin’s recent theory of opportunity pluralism, and shows why these are conceptually incompatible. Although the substantive dimension of FEO (in contrast with “careers open to talents”) has invited reflection on how “merit” and “talent” should be defined … [Read more…]