What, if anything, do we owe others as a basic minimum? Sufficiency theorists claim that we must provide everyone with enough – but, to date, few well-worked-out accounts of the sufficiency threshold exist, so it is difficult to evaluate this proposition. Previous theories do not provide plausible, independent accounts of resources, capabilities, or welfare that might play the requisite role. Moreover, I believe existing accounts do not provide nearly enough guidance for policymakers. So, this article sketches a mechanism for arriving at an account of the minimally good life that can help locate the sufficiency threshold.

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充足与最低限度的美好生活

如果有的话，作为基本的最低限度，我们欠别人什么？充足理论家声称我们必须为每个人提供足够的食物——但是，迄今为止，很少有关于充足阈值的精心设计的说明，因此很难评估这个命题。以前的理论没有提供对可能发挥必要作用的资源、能力或福利的合理、独立的说明。此外，我认为现有账户并不能为政策制定者提供足够的指导。因此，本文概述了一种机制，可以帮助确定充足阈值的最低限度的美好生活。