Outline of an intuitionist response to Nozick |
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Authors: | Christine Swanton |
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Institution: | A lecturer in the Philosophy Department , The University of Auckland , New Zealand |
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Abstract: | The paper is divided into two main parts. In the first part, I counter criticisms that in Anarchy State and Utopia Nozick has no argument for his views on property rights, by presenting what I take to be his main argument that the absolutist nature of property rights makes redistributive taxation impermissible. In the second part, I outline an intuitionist response to this argument. This response presupposes the truth of all the premises of Nozick's argument except its basic absolutist premise : Never use persons (coercively) merely as a means without their consent. |
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