Philosophy / Unit 8 Philosophy 0339 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nozick's Entitlement Theory
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The idea
Nozick's entitlement theory: a distribution is just if it arose from just acquisition and voluntary transfer—history, not pattern, makes holdings legitimate.
In practice
Ask how the holdings came about, not what the spread looks like: a fair process certifies any outcome it produces.
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