Ethics and Values / Unit 3 Ethics 138 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nozick's Entitlement Objection
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The idea
Nozick's entitlement objection: holdings acquired and transferred justly are just, so patterned redistribution — even toward fairness — takes what people are entitled to.
In practice
A million fans freely pay the star a dollar each. The fortune arose by just steps; redistributing it to restore a pattern, Nozick argues, undoes free choices.
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