A distribution of material resources across persons can be regarded as equal when no one would prefer to have any one else's bundle.
Exile was a powerful linguistic tool justifying a particular distribution of resources and legitimizing a political hierarchy.
Reaching out to all peoples, Pope Francis ignites desires across the globe for a better world, especially a world where there is an equitable distribution of resources, a distribution based on the need of the many and not on the greed of a few.
However, a priori setting a specific distribution of resources is suboptimal.
"There is a desire for change in Peru which has to do with a fairer distribution of resources, tackling corruption and a number of security issues," says Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, a US-based think tank.
In particular, he's interested in what we should do about the fact that a particular distribution of resources has resulted from a series of just transfers.
These theorists allow that a legitimate distribution of resources may fall short of being a fully just distribution.
In a final broadside at the industry to which she has returned at the age of 79, Jackson called for a rethink of "astonishing" West End ticket prices and a greater distribution of resources to regional theatres.
