Johnston, MarkFrick, Johann D.Zaragoza Jr., Michael2015-06-262026-09-302015-06-262026-09-302015-04-032015-06-26http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01rr172053khttps://theses-dissertations.princeton.edu/handle/88435/dsp01rr172053kThis thesis argues that prominent proposed solutions to the Number Problem are predicated on a conception of fairness lacking a crucial condition for maximal and equal respect: respecting stakeholders’ individual beliefs and desires. In addition to respecting the metaphysical separateness of persons, I argue that fully respecting persons also requires acknowledging their distinctness in this wider, normative sense. Consequently, I offer an original proposal which does respect what I call the “distinctness of persons.”89 pagesen-USPrinceton University Senior Theses