Desert (philosophy)

"Just deserts" redirects here. For other uses, see Just deserts (disambiguation).
"Deserve" redirects here. For the Kris Wu song, see Deserve (song).

Desert (/dɪˈzɜːrt/) in philosophy is the condition of being deserving of something, whether good or bad. One type of this is moral desert. It is a concept often associated with justice and morality: that good deeds should be rewarded and evil deeds punished.

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