Probabilistic Principles of the Klemens Szaniawski Equality

Abstract

The division of the collections of undivisible and heterogenous goods almost inevitably
provoques the unequal distribution of the shares between the participants which make
necessary the use of random methods of division. Klemens Szaniawski formulated two
probabilistic principles of equality: equal opportunities for satisfaction; and equal opportunities
for election. He demonstrated in a very simplified situation that there could be
different conceptions of equality, which can get into conflict among each other; and with
other requisites for the models of decision making. This way to comprobate and comparate
the principles of distributive justice is actually dominating the theory of public election.