Philosophy / Unit 8 Philosophy 0340 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Wilt Chamberlain Argument
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The idea
The Wilt Chamberlain argument: start from any preferred pattern; let fans freely pay a star to play; the pattern breaks. Preserving patterns means forbidding free choices.
In practice
A million fans drop a quarter in the box; Chamberlain is suddenly rich, by nobody's injustice. Now redistribute—from exactly whom, and why?
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