...This chapter explains how the Y gap view can be extended to cover cases that involve groups of three or more. It begins with a discussion of the simultaneous baseline approach and the pairwise approach. It then focuses on the claim that the intrinsic value of satisfying comparative desert increases...

...This chapter suggests an alternative approach to comparative desert: the Y gap view. This approach states that comparative desert is fully satisfied when the offense against noncomparative desert is the same for all relevant individuals. It applies the Y gap view to the four examples cited...

... desert, and then lists two problems that need to be addressed before relative advantage can be fully accepted as an approach. The latter half of the chapter demonstrates how the X gap view might best be treated, discusses the motion along the Y axis, and examines the Y gap view. offense against...