The Benefits of Injustice and Its Correction: A Challenge to the Duty Not to Benefit Innocently from Injustice

Consider:Missed Interview I. Wanda and Brent are called to interview for the same job; they are the only candidates. Wanda is better qualified than Brent, so Hank, who likes Brent, steals her car, hoping to boost Brent's chance of getting the job. As a result, Wanda misses her interview and Bre...

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Published in:The journal of political philosophy 2022-09, Vol.30 (3), p.395-408
Main Author: Lippert‐Rasmussen, Kasper
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Benefits
Innocence
Justice
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Summary:Consider:Missed Interview I. Wanda and Brent are called to interview for the same job; they are the only candidates. Wanda is better qualified than Brent, so Hank, who likes Brent, steals her car, hoping to boost Brent's chance of getting the job. As a result, Wanda misses her interview and Brent gets the job, which, in the absence of the intervention would have been offered to Wanda, who would have accepted it. Brent bears no responsibility for, and is unaware of, Hank's wrongful action. Brent is an innocent beneficiary of injustice. He is better off as a result of Hank wronging Wanda, and he would have been worse off had Hank not stolen her car. Recently, many theorists have defended the claim that we have a ...
ISSN:0963-8016
1467-9760
DOI:10.1111/jopp.12263