Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 89: Sexual Orientation, Medical Model, Cosmopolitanism
17 Dec 2017
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According to robert nozick, what is on a par with forced labour: the state, private property, taxation, wilt chamberlain"s sex life. Starts with distribution d1 and it is just. All steps from d1 to d2 are voluntary exchanges. D2 does not fit any pattern, it is also massively unequal. Rawls difference principle is a pattern principle. Worst to be as well off as possible. Nozick: free exchanges will create a new distribution. Difference principle will require interference in people"s lives. Rawls: taxes on wealth need not be invasive. Nozick: taxation is on a par with forced labour. Rawls: redistribution can increase the freedom of power. Correctly emphasizes the value of making our own choices. Should not be successful b/c of things you can control. But fails to deal fairly with unequal circumstance. So wilt chamberlain (and we) lack absolute property rights because such rights would prevent us from compensating unserved inequalities.
