Dworkin's systematic treatment of equality — arguing that the correct liberal theory of equality is equality of resources (not welfare), and developing the hypothetical insurance market as a method for determining the just distribution.
Equality of resources vs. equality of welfare: welfare egalitarianism fails because it cannot account for expensive tastes — the person who cultivates expensive preferences should not get more resources. Equality of resources: what matters is that people start with equal resources — what they do with them is their responsibility. Hypothetical insurance: use a hypothetical insurance market to determine what distribution equality of resources requires. The luck-choice distinction: brute luck (unchosen circumstances) should be equalized; option luck (chosen risks) should not be.
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