As a response to Rawls, Robert Nozick proposed his own explanation for justice that could fit better into the liberal point of view. According to Nozick, we are entitled to what we have and nobody else has any right to take our stuff away. We are also entitled to do whatever we want with our property. Nobody has any authority over us. He said that if you use your own property in a way that harms someone else, then you are violating their rights. His theory was influenced by the works of Friedrich Hayek and the political philosophy of Locke. The entitlement theory is based on three main principles: justice in acquisition, justice in transfer, and rectification of justice. With his theory in place, he extended that rectification should only be practiced in cases of theft and fraud, while State intervention should be limited to the protection of this entitlement and any distribution without consent is unfair and unjust – as such the case for taxation.
Introduction
How do we really define Philosophy? The Greek word φιλοσοφία – Philosophia. Or as the term has been coined by modern Western language – Philosophy. The literal meaning of this word is relatively static. Derived from its Greek origin it comprises two separate words...
