Revisiting Fair Opportunity: Ignorance, Injustice, and Control

Abstract This essay replies to contributions by Douglas Husak, Katrina Sifferd, and Stephen Morse on my recent book Fair Opportunity & Responsibility . After providing a summary of the main elements of that book’s fair opportunity conception of responsibility, I explain how their concerns about ignorance, injustice, and control can be accommodated by fair opportunity.

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Criminal Law and Philosophy
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2025-06-21
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-025-09759-6
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Political Philosophy and Ethics
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Revisiting Fair Opportunity: Ignorance, Injustice, and Control

David O. Brink
Criminal Law and Philosophy
Political Philosophy and Ethics
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Revisiting Fair Opportunity: Ignorance, Injustice, and Control

David O. Brink
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Abstract

Abstract This essay replies to contributions by Douglas Husak, Katrina Sifferd, and Stephen Morse on my recent book Fair Opportunity & Responsibility . After providing a summary of the main elements of that book’s fair opportunity conception of responsibility, I explain how their concerns about ignorance, injustice, and control can be accommodated by fair opportunity.

Criminal Law and PhilosophyVol. 19(2)
University of California San Diego (US)
Reduced inequalities
Openalex Percentile: Top 83%
Political Philosophy and Ethics
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