PHL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Wilt Chamberlain, Lockean Proviso, Equality Of Outcome
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Libertarianism: the free market is inherently just and redistributive taxation is inherently wrong, a violation of peoples rights. People have a right to dispose freely of their goods and services, and they have this right whether or not it is the best way to ensure productivity. If we assume that each person is entitled to the goods they currently posses (their holdings) then a just distribution is simply whatever distribution results from people free exchanges. D2: we all have control over our holdings, and some of us decide to give wilt 25 cents. Thus, d2 is also just because it was freely chosen from d1. Intuitive appeal: we should be allowed to do what we want with what we"ve got. The real issue here: do people have absolute control over their holdings. Treating people as equals means treating them as ends in themselves. Patterned redistribution allows some people to won the products of others talents and abilities.
