An Argument For Self-Ownership Against The Patterned Redistribution Of Wealth.
An Argument for Self-Ownership Against the Patterned Redistribution of Wealth.
By: Enrico de la Torre
PHIL*2600
Prof. Freedman
Due: Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Robert Nozick argues for a libertarian form of justice in an excerpt of his work called, “Distributive Justice.” The libertarian view essentially holds that the free market is inherently just and any form of patterned redistribution of wealth is wrong1. Patterned redistribution is the redistribution of wealth according to some societal merit or principle; ex. a person’s contribution and value to a community, or how much a person earns. Nozick’s argument begins with the assertion that people have the right of ownership over their talents. A further assertion is made that because people own their talents, they own the products of their talents—which is also known as their possessions. This premise is the foundation for what we shall call Nozick’s self-ownership argument. I will now......
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