Desert

Question 1

Formula

Answer 1

X deserves Y because of Z

Question 2

Personal Requirement

Answer 2

Z must be some characteristic of X

-you can’t deserve something because of what others did or are

Question 3

Responsibility Requirement

Answer 3

X must be in some way responsible for Z

-you don’t deserve something for something you have no control over

Question 4

Apprisive Requirement

Answer 4

Z must be something we think of as good or bad

-if we have no opinion about Z it is no grounds for desert

Question 5

Proportionality Requirement

Answer 5

Z must be in proportion to Y

• very good Z justifies very valuable Y
• moderately bad Z justifies moderately bad Y

Question 6

Peak

Answer 6

The best/exact amount of benefits an individual deserves

Highest point in desert curve

More or less would be less good

Question 7

Straight Desert Curve

Answer 7

1 to 1 ratio of goodness to benefits

• Curve is discontinuous
• Has constant slopes
• Symmetrical on either side of peak
• Identical for both individuals

Question 8

Curved Desert

Answer 8

Closer to the peak curve is gental and not much goodness is lost, but as you get further away from peak (further away from what you deserve) the greater the decrease in goodness is.

• Parabolic shape
• Continuous function
• Symmetrical relative to peak
• Identical for both individuals

Question 9

Bell-Motion Desert

Answer 9

If you are a very deserving person it is not as bad if you have more than you deserve than it would be if you had less, and vise versa

Goodness decreases at a slower rate when you have more but a faster rate when you have less.

-curve is discontinuous

Question 10

Deviation Score

Answer 10

How much worse it is when people have what they have, rather than having what they deserve

Question 11

Isokegan

Answer 11

Connecting points that all have the same D-score (each point equally bad)

To form an area around the Sweet Spot

Question 12

Allocation Line

Answer 12

The budget constraints drawn on the graph

Question 13

Comparitive Desert

Answer 13

Like cases should be treated alike

Making sure deviation (equal amount of badness) is fairly shared

• if A has more than peak so should B
• if A has less than peak so should B

Question 14

Absolute Desert

Answer 14

Getting people as close as possible to the sweet spot

Question 15

Ratio View

Answer 15

Allocated resources should be split proportionally

One person deserves twice as much, so if shortage of resources they should be split to the ratio between each peak.

So that the ratio would be the same as if resources come back.

Question 16

X-Gap

Answer 16

The gap in the amount of benefits they have versus how much they should have at their peak.

If A’s peak is 10 and they have 12, X-Gap=2.
So B should also have 2 more.

Bell Curve:
A and B have equal still proportionally, but B’s goodness may drop faster when they have more than what they deserve
Therefore it is less good for them to be split proportionally.

Question 17

Y-Gap

Answer 17

The gap in the about of goodness they are at and the amount of goodness they should have at their peak.

Matching goodness levels rather than amount of stuff.

Results are the same for straight Desert between Y and X gaps.

Bell Motion:
A has proportionally far more stuff than B, but the goodness achieved between each amount is equal.