Hinton’s article is not an attempt to introduce his own views or opinions about egalitarianism. The main purpose of this article is demonstrate a deeper and more collective understanding of egalitarianism from a number of different viewpoints. He explores the advantages and disadvantages, in his opinion, of each philosophy. His position on this argument is based off of a formula he derived called the common ownership formula. This formula states that “each human being as an equal co-owner of the worlds resources, may use those resources provided that the terms of their use are in conformity with principles that no co-owners who sought to find equitable principles of resource division” (Hinton 517). Wholly, his argument is constructed by the
