A sufficientarian perspective on human development goals

Abstract

Each account of justice should substantiate the pattern of distribution; the principle according to which distribution should take place. Examples include strict equality, a Rawlsian difference principle, sufficiency, priority, or a combination of some principles. The role of such principle is essentially to determine when justice obtains, and to guide policy decisions in a society aimed at achieving distributive justice for all of its members. In this context, it also forms the tacit foundation of human development goals.