Students attending Master's courses will be able to participate on a library course. At the course you will learn how to do searches in both national and international databases, and you will have the opportunity to search the articles that is on your curriculum.The course is voluntary, but we strongly recommend that students attend. More information to come.
To be found in an article compilation which can be bought at Kopiutsalget at Akademika bookstore at Blindern campus
Arneson, Richard J. 2011. “Luck Egalitarianism – A Primer”, in Carl Knight & Zofia Stemplovska, eds., Responsibility and Distributive Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 24-50
Cohen, G. A. 2011. On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice, and other Essays in Political Philosophy. Princeton: Princeton University Press (chap. 11, pp. 225-35).
Holtug, Nils. 2010. Persons, Interests and Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press (chap. 8, pp. 202-243).
Holtug, Nils, and Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper. 2006. “An Introduction to Contemporary Egalitarianism”, in Nils Holtug and Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen eds., Egalitarianism. New Essays on the Nature and Value of Equality. Oxford : Oxford University Press. pp. 1-37
Rawls, John. 1971. A Theory of Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Downloadable articles, books and other texts
You can search the articles and e-books in the e-journal database available at the University of Oslo Library. This requires having access to and being logged onto the UiO system. Contact the Reference Services at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library if you have problems finding the literature.
Anderson, Elizabeth. 1999. “What is the Point of Equality?” Ethics 109: 287–337. 50 pp.
Arneson, Richard. J. 1989. “Equality and Equal Opportunity for Welfare” Philosophical Studies 56: 77–93.
Arneson, Richard J. 1999. "Equal Opportunity for Welfare Defended and Recanted" The Journal of Political Philosophy 7:488–497. 9 pp.
Arneson, Richard J. 2000. “Luck Egalitarianism and Prioritarianism”, Ethics 110: 339–349. 10 pp.
Barry, Nicholas. 2006. “Defending Luck Egalitarianism” Journal of Applied Philosophy 23: 89–107. 18 pp.
Casal, Paula. 2007. “Why Sufficiency Is Not Enough” Ethics 107: 296–326. 30 pp.
Cohen, G. A. 1992. “Incentives, Inequality and Community”, in Grethe B. Peterson, ed., The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, Vol. XIII. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. pp. 261-329. 68pp.
Crisp, Roger. 2003. “Equality, Priority, and Compassion,”Ethics 113: 745–763. 18 pp.
Dworkin, Ronald. 1981. “What is equality? Part 2: Equality of resources,” Philosophy and Public Affairs10: 283 – 345. 62 pp.
Elford, Gideon. 2013. “Equality of Opportunity and Other-Affecting Choice: Why Luck Egalitarianism Does Not Require Brute Luck Equality” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 16: 39–49. 10 pp.
Elster, Jakob. 2011. “How Outlandish Can Imaginary Cases Be? Journal of Applied philosophy 28: 241-258. 17 pp.
Eyal, Nir. 2007. “Egalitarian Justice and Innocent Choice”, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 2: 1–18. 17 pp.
Huseby, Robert. 2010. “Sufficiency: Restated and Defended” The Journal of Political Philosophy 18: 178–197. 19 pp.
Knight, Carl. 2013. “Luck Egalitarianism” Philosophy Compass 8:924-934. 10 pp.
Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper. 1999. “Arneson on equality of opportunity for welfare ” The Journal of Political Philosophy 7 (4): 478-487. 9 pp.
Otsuka, Michael, and Voorhoeve, Alex. 2009. “Why it Matters that Some are Worse Off than Others: An Argument against the Priority View” Philosophy & Public Affairs: Vol. 37 (2) pp. 171-199. 28 pp.
Parfit, Derek. 1997. “Equality and Priority” Ratio 10: 202-221.19 pp.
Scheffler, Samuel. 2003. “What is Egalitarianism?” Philosophy and Public Affairs 31: 5–39. 34 pp.
Segall, Shlomi. 2014. "What is the Point of Sufficiency?" The Journal of Applied Philosophy. 17 pp.
Shields, Liam. 2012. “The Prospects for Sufficientarianism” Utilitas 24: 101–117. 16 pp.
Singer, Peter. 2005. “Ethics and Intuitions ”The Journal of Ethics 9: 331-352. 21 pp.
Temkin, Larry. 2003. “Egalitarianism Defended” Ethics 113 (4): 764–782. 18 pp.
Valentini, Laura (2012): "Ideal vs. Non-ideal Theory: A Conceptual Map", i Philosophy Compass 7: 654-664. (11 ss.)
Vallentyne, Peter. 2002. “Brute Luck, Option Luck, and Equality of Initial Opportunities” Ethics 112: 529–557. 28 pp.
Voigt, Kristin. 2007. “The Harshness Objection: Is Luck Egalitarianism Too Harsh on the Victims of Option Luck?” Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 10: 389–407. 18 pp.
Widerquist, Karl. 2010 "How the Sufficiency Minimum Becomes a Social Maximum" Utilitas 22: 474-480. 6 pp.