Abstract Richard Arneson argues that Fair Equality of Opportunity (FEO) should be rejected, since it is not only too weak and too strong, but also problematically meritocratic. The paper aims to defend FEO, and argues that it is not too weak, since, pace Arneson, it does apply to the problem of stunted ambition. The argument from meritocracy is shown to be based on a conflation of different senses of meritocracy. Finally, it is shown that FEO, correctly interpreted, gives intuitive answers to the examples put forward to bolster the too strong charge. It is concluded that Arneson’s refutation of FEO fails.

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捍卫罗尔斯人公平的机会均等

摘要理查德·阿内森（Richard Arneson）认为，机会均等（FEO）应该被拒绝，因为它不仅太弱，太强，而且在问题上是精英制。该论文旨在捍卫FEO，并认为它并不太弱，因为按照Arneson的步伐，它确实适用于野心勃勃的问题。精英管理论据被证明是基于不同精英管理意识的融合。最后，表明正确解释的FEO可以直观地回答为支持过于强大的收费而提出的示例。结论是Arneson驳斥FEO失败。