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Luck Problem

The "Luck Problem" is a philosophical challenge in the free will debate that identifies the apparent incompatibility between moral responsibility and the indeterministic randomness entailed by libertarian accounts of free agency, in that undetermined choices risk being mere matters of luck rather than attributable acts.

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The Luck Objection

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Good policy or good luck?

William Easterly, Michael Kremer, Lant Pritchett et al. · Journal of Monetary Economics · 1993 · 562 citations

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Equality of opportunity and luck: Definitions and testable conditions, with an application to income in France

Arnaud Lefranc, Nicolas Pistolesi, Alain Trannoy · Journal of Public Economics · 2009 · 289 citations · Full text

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The Lottery Paradox, Knowledge, and Rationality

Dana Kay Nelkin · The Philosophical Review · 2000 · 274 citations

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Responsibility, Luck, and Chance

Robert Kane · The Journal of Philosophy · 1999 · 184 citations

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Is it Better to Be Powerful or Lucky?: Part I

Brian Barry · Political Studies · 1980 · 167 citations

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Authors

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  1. CE
    Christopher Evan Franklin

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    3 publications · 130 citations

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  2. DS
    Daniel Statman

    University of Haifa, Israel

    3 publications · 132 citations

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  3. AR
    Alfred R. Mele

    Davidson College, United States

    3 publications · 151 citations

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  4. NL
    Neil Levy

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    3 publications · 69 citations

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  5. RK
    Robert Kane

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 197 citations

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Institutions

86

  1. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

  2. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    157 citations

  3. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    55 citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    241 citations

  5. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  6. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    51 citations

  7. Coe College

    Cedar Rapids, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    53 citations

  8. Bar-Ilan University

    Ramat Gan, Israel

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    107 citations

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Venues

  1. Philosophical Studies

    5 publications · 299 citations

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  2. Pacific philosophical quarterly

    4 publications · 125 citations

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  3. Philosophical Explorations

    4 publications · 188 citations

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  4. Political Studies

    3 publications · 244 citations

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  5. The Philosophical Review

    3 publications · 400 citations

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