For the distinction between the origin of a value and the kind of value it is, cf.
That is the crux of the problem to which I now turn. Kant advocated the duty of citizens to support those in society who could not support themselves, and even gave the state the power to arrange for this help Equal consideration is thus accorded to all persons and their interests.
In Kant's moral philosophythe categorical imperative formulates the equality postulate of universal human worth. Pluralistic egalitarians do not have equality as their only goal; they also admit other values and principles — above all the principle of welfare, according to which it is better when people are doing better.
Chapman eds. The strength of the reason ought not to be hostage to the strength of one's current desires. Hence a social contract is the rational justification of the state because state power is necessary for each individual to be guaranteed access to some property in order to realize their freedom.
A change thus becomes desirable when the winners in such a change could compensate the losers for their losses and still retain a substantial profit. Equal opportunity thus seems to be the frequently vague minimal formula at work in every egalitarian conception of distributive justice.