Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Wilt Chamberlain, Robert Nozick, John Stuart Mill

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Bruce Morrison

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October 25, 2016: according to robert nozick, what is on a par with forced labour, the state, private property, taxation, none of the above. The wilt chamberlain argument: distribution d1 is just, all steps from d1 to d2 are voluntary, therefore, d2 is just, d2 does not fit any pattern, it is also massively unequal, liberty upsets patterns. Nozick vs. rawls: ra(cid:449)ls"s diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e p(cid:396)i(cid:374)(cid:272)iple is a patte(cid:396)(cid:374)ed p(cid:396)i(cid:374)(cid:272)iple, free exchanges will create a new distribution, diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e p(cid:396)i(cid:374)(cid:272)iple (cid:449)ill (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)e i(cid:374)te(cid:396)fe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e i(cid:374) people"s li(cid:448)es. Taxation: rawls: taxes on wealth need not be invasive, nozick: taxation is on a par with forced labour, rawls: redistribution can increase the freedom of the poor. Oversights of justice: the history of political thought overlooks whole areas of social concern. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, disabled, lgbtqai+, foreigners, immigrants, and future generations. Du bois on justice and race: (cid:862)the p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373) of the t(cid:449)e(cid:374)tieth (cid:272)e(cid:374)tu(cid:396)y is the p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373) of the (cid:272)olou(cid:396) li(cid:374)e(cid:863)