Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Marginal Utility, Egalitarianism, Tomato Juice
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Money changes everything it transforms human relationships: takes normal relationships and turns them into commodities, relationships are degraded. Money is the universal whore : ultimately, everything is for sale everything has a price. Money talk debases our language: use money instead of language to relate to others, used to be worthy being , now about net worth . In actual history, it is a notorious fact that conquest, enslavement, robbery, murder, in short, force, play the greatest part karl marx, Owners of resources have (limited) rights to determine what to do with them. Cluster of rights: possess (exclude others), use, sell, give away, destroy. Distribute goods in such a way that net happiness is higher than unhappiness: protecting natural rights, securing freedom. What matters, ultimately, is freedom: ensuring equality. Choose the distribution of goods/properties that maximizes well-being or utility. impartiality: equal concern: everyone for one and no one for more than one.