property rights mack

Question 1

nozicks view

Answer 1

what matters: how you acquired something –> found it or bought it = yours

dislikes: making sure everyone has equal stuff –> constant changes and disruption

Question 2

rawls

Answer 2

original position/veil of ignorance
all about helping less fortunate people in society

Question 3

rawls response to nozick:

Answer 3

set up basic rules that guide how things are evenly distributed without changing them

still have to adjust from time to time though (tricky to make sure everyone gets share)

Question 4

nozicks view on redistribution of wealth

Answer 4

against it –> thinks it lets people take credit of other individuals’ actions and efforts: morally wrong
- self ownership: people own themselves and their labor –> anything that messes with this is wrong

Question 5

macks views on property

Answer 5

1. people should be allowed to own property as long as they don’t diminish other people’s opportunity to achieve their goals
2. in emergency, people can utilize other’s property but must compensate afterward
3. voluntary joint ownership

Question 6

mack sees what as right

Answer 6

self-ownership