Robert Nozick
Philosopher (1938 to 2002) whose Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974) defended a minimal state and an entitlement theory of justice against redistribution.
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Their wordsTaxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor.
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Their wordsThe socialist society would have to forbid capitalist acts between consenting adults.
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Their wordsWhatever arises from a just situation by just steps is itself just.
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Our reading
The state may not coerce some citizens to aid others, or restrict people for their own good
Their wordsTwo noteworthy implications are that the state may not use its coercive apparatus for the purpose of getting some citizens to aid others, or in order to prohibit activities to people for their own good or protection.
↗Anarchy, State, and Utopia (Blackwell reprint of the 1974 edition)archive.org All 8 from this book
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Our reading
Their wordsIndividuals are inviolable.
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Their wordsSeizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him and directing him to carry on various activities.
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Their wordsWe learn that something matters to us in addition to experience by imagining an experience machine and then realizing that we would not use it.
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Their wordsThings come into the world already attached to people having entitlements over them.
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