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So here's the moral import of the distinction
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between moral desert and entitlements to legitimate expectations.
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We are entitled to the benefits
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that the rules of the game promise
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for the exercise of our talents.
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But it's a mistake and a conceit to suppose
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that we deserve, in the first place,
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a society that values the qualities
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we happen to have in abundance.
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Now we've been talking here about income and wealth,
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what about opportunities and honors?
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What about the distribution of access