-Human Dignity: Equity of Opportunity and floors of consumption
-All People have intrinsic value
- Our own dignity as human beings requires us to respect the dignity of others
- Without any endowments someone would effectively be barred from participating in the market process
_ we might even find a Pareto-efficient allocation that results in the premature death of some people.
-Might agree that viable participation in market exchange requires some minimal endowment of assets