PHIL 1550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Wilt Chamberlain, Robert Nozick, Lexicographical Order
19 Apr 2016
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The entitlement theory of justice (robert nozick) distributive justice (think rawls) violates people"s rights (524) Nozick argues that only a minimal state can be justified. Nozick argues that we can explain complex social situations by reference to individuals, holdings, and. That is, justice can be explained using only individuals, holdings, and voluntary exchanges. voluntary exchanges. Current time-slice principles of justice are end-result principles. End-result principles determine whether a current state of distribution is just according to some number. By contrast, nozick"s theory is historical, in the sense that inequalities that fulfill principles 1 & 2. Historical principles of justice hold that past circumstances or actions of people can create differential of structural principles. remain just. entitlements or differential deserts to things (527). Let us call a principle of distribution patterned if it specifies that a distribution is to vary along with some natural dimension, weighted sum of natural dimensions, or lexicographic ordering of natural dimensions (527).
