Geometry of Desert (Shelly Kagan)

Series: Philosophy & Critical Theory

The Geometry of Desert — Shelly Kagan

Shelly Kagan examines what people morally deserve and how their well-being should reflect it.

He uses graphs to compare competing accounts of virtue, reward, and deserved suffering.

The analysis distinguishes individual desert from comparisons between different people.

It asks whether giving someone too much or too little is equally bad.

These questions reveal how complex a theory of moral desert can become.

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