• Envy, self-esteem, and distributive justice 

      Stensen, Vegard (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-21)
      Most agree that envy, or at least the malicious kind(s), should not have any role in the moral justification of distributive arrangements. This paper defends a contrary position. It argues that at the very least John Rawls, Axel Honneth and others that care about the social bases of self-esteem have good reasons to care about the levels of envy that different distributive principles reliably ...
    • Self-Respect and the Importance of Basic Liberties 

      Stensen, Vegard (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-18)
      This article discusses the self-respect argument for basic liberties, which is that self-respect is an important good, best supported by basic liberties, and that this yields a reason for the traditional liberty principle. I concentrate on versions of it that contend that self-respect is best supported by basic liberties for reasons related to the recognition that such liberties convey. I first ...