  Just as someone might fail to notice that in some situations both priority and equality will both recommend equalizing transfers, and so wrongly think that she favors the transfer in these situations because she values equality per se, someone might fail to notice that in some situations desert and equality will both recommend equalizing transfers, and so wrongly think that she favors the transfer in these situations because she values equality per se. The situation is clarified when one considers examples in which priority and equality disagree about what ought to be done, and examples in which desert and equality disagree about what ought to be done. Shelly Kagan presses the proposal that when we consider a wide range of views and examples, we should conclude that bringing it about that people should get good fortune corresponding to their virtue rightly commands our allegiance and bringing it about that people get the same or have the same does not rightly command our allegiance.