A Defence of Weighted Lotteries in Life Saving Cases |
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| Authors: | Ben Saunders |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Philosophy and Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, Merton Street, Oxford, OX1 4JF, UK |
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| Abstract: | The three most common responses to Taurek’s ‘numbers problem’ are saving the greater number, equal chance lotteries and weighted lotteries. Weighted lotteries have perhaps received the least support, having been criticized by Scanlon What We Owe to Each Other (1998) and Hirose ‘Fairness in Life and Death Cases’ (2007). This article considers these objections in turn, and argues that they do not succeed in refuting the fairness of a weighted lottery, which remains a potential solution to cases of conflict. Moreover, it shows how these responses actually lead to a new argument for weighted lotteries, appealing to fairness and Pareto-optimality. |
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| Keywords: | Aggregation Fairness Lotteries Scanlon Taurek Weighted lotteries |
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