PP110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Robert Nozick, Distributive Justice
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The social contract quote 4 from locke (while he has a right in the state of nature, the enjoyment is uncertain and unsecure. This makes him willing to quit the condition of fear by seeking the collectivity of society for the sake of protection of his life, liberty, and property. Therefore, we restrict our liberties to gain security; however, we do not rationally deprive ourselves of all freedom as suggested by hobbes) The declaration of independence is based on locke"s theories. Robert nozick: the entitlement theory distributive justice. How scarce goods, like money and property, are spread among the members of a specific political community (there is no single, centre of distribution. We exchange and give gifts among each other)
