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principle of just acquisition
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if s/he takes or produces something un-owned (labor)
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principle of just transfer
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if s/he owns it and voluntarily gives or trades it to someone else
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Difference between Rawls and Nozick: Balancing vs. constraining
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- Nozick thinks the principles act as constraints when advancing our ends
- Rawls, balancing, weighing the different values of things |
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argument against redistributive taxation from the case of Wilt Chamberlain
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1. Wilt Chamberlain ends up with more holds than others through voluntary exchanges of money for entertainment.
2. It would be wrong for a third party to take Wilt's holdings from him in order to restore the wealth of those who are now poorer than he is because they attended his games. 3. Redistributive taxation is morally on par with taking Wilt's holdings from him in order to restore the wealth of those who are now poorer than he is. |
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Objection to premise number three (Wilt argument)
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redistributive justice for the sake of equality of opportunity is more like restoring some wealth to the children of those who are now poorer than he is
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Argument against redistributive taxation from self-ownership
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1) For the state to appropriate some percentage of a person's earnings for redistribution to others is for the state to deprive that worker of that percentage of the fruits of his labor.
2) To deprive a worker of some percentage of the fruits of his labor is to violate the worker's right to self-ownership (to treat him like a slave). 3) It is morally wrong to violate anyone's right to self-ownership (to treat him like a slave). |
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Objection to premise number one (slavery argument)
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Whose labor is bearing the fruit?
A. Tax-payers who educate the employees of the person receiving the income? B. tax-payers who pay for the transit systems that makes profitable exchanges possible? C. Employees themselves who do the brunt-work? D. The people whose economic risk taking failed? All of us contribute to the fruits of labor |
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Objection to premise number two (slavery argument)
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Wouldn't this also apply to taxes for non RD purposes?
Doesn't this mean that capitalism amounts to slavery |
