PHIL 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Lockean Proviso, Class Conflict, Proletariat
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Rawls: of course you own your talents, but just not the fruits of them. Nozick: if others have a fair share to the fruits of my talents, then it can not be said that i owe them. Hardins tragedy of the commons: better to divide it up among some than to have this happen, and those who don"t get land may in fact benefit - get hired to reap the harvest. The test, then, for legitimate appropriation is that it does not worsen (i. e. materially) anyones overall condition. Analytical marxism: 2 kinds of arguments for contemporary marxism. 1st problem: equal rights have unequal effects (rawls) Laborers have a right to the products of their labor - the contribution principle. 2nd problem: theories of just distribution" concentrate too much on distribution rather than on production. 3rd problem: justice is only appropriate when we have conflicts. It is better to act spontaneously out of love for each other.
