According to most contemporary theorists, free riding on the cooperative contributions of others is unfair. At the same time, obligations to contribute to cooperative schemes can compel conformity with conventional practices, and can do so to a degree that poses a real threat to individuality. This paper exposes this tension between fairness and individuality, and proposes a way to resolve it. The resolution depends on an alternative approach to understanding fairness—one that appeals to the relational goods fairness is meant to maintain. In particular, norms of fairness protect against the interactions within a relationship becoming disrespectful. Many instances of free riding are indeed disrespectful and hence unfair. But this is not always so: one can choose to live a lifestyle that fails to return the benefits their community provides without disrespecting one's fellows. It is thus possible to free ride without being unfair, and so duties of fairness need not add to those already formidable forces that threaten to extinguish valuable individuality.

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公平、个性和搭便车

根据大多数当代理论家的说法，搭便车他人的合作贡献是不公平的。同时，为合作计划做出贡献的义务可能会迫使人们遵守传统做法，并且这样做的程度可能会对个性构成真正的威胁。本文揭示了公平与个性之间的这种张力，并提出了解决它的方法。该解决方案依赖于另一种理解公平的方法——一种诉诸关系商品公平的方法是为了维护。特别是，公平规范可以防止关系中的互动变得不尊重。许多搭便车的例子确实是不尊​​重的，因此是不公平的。但情况并非总是如此：人们可以选择过一种生活方式，既不能回报社区提供的好处，又不尊重自己的同伴。因此，在不公平的情况下搭便车是可能的，因此公平的义务不需要增加那些已经很强大的力量，可能会摧毁有价值的个性。