SOSC 2340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Robert Nozick, Occupational Licensing, Employment Discrimination
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Libertarians think anything outside of these 3 functions of government is illegitimate. 3 beliefs of libertarianism: no paternalism, no morals legislation, no redistribution of income or wealth. Libertarians belief taxation is a form of ___ based on the concept of ___ slavery; self-ownership. Libertarianism deals with personal liberty & economic side. Personal liberty: libertarians believe you should be able to do anything you want as long as it does not hard others. Criticism two: the next criticism deals with the economic stand point. Libertarianism believes that you should be able to keep everything you make from your talents that you have been given. The criticism there is that if you were to keep all of your money there would be no social welfare, public schools, minimum wage etc. The criticism here is also that you don"t deserve all of the profit because lebron james for example didn"t work hard for his talents they were just god given and lucky.