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Prompt: While both Tawney and Hayek endorse equal opportunity (for instance, they both reject inherited privileges in job opportunities), they nevertheless advocate two different and competing conceptions of the general ideal of equal opportunity. Clearly define and explain each of their conceptions of equal opportunity by explaining what they agree on and what they disagree on. (It will probably help here to give examples or policies where they agree and disagree). Clearly reconstruct the supporting arguments each gives for his preferred conception of equal opportunity. How would each argue against the other, and how might each reply to the other’s objections? Finally, make sure to critically evaluate the debate: whose conception and supporting reasons are most convincing, and why?

Philosophers: Friedrich Hayek/ Richard H. Tawney