Write a descriptive answer (4-5 sentences) for each question below.
Please do research on Nozick’s Entitlement Theory, free-market exchanges and his viewpoint on it. Then express your opinions and give an explanation on your answers for the last 2 questions.
(Attached is a slideshow/notes regarding the topic)
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– Describe Robert Nozick’s idea of ‘Entitlement Theory’.
– Why is it that, in Nozick’s view, only free-market exchanges respect people as ends in themselves?-
– When is a governing body justified in taxing the general public for Nozick and what types of things can this money be used for?
– Do you agree that human beings, having the ability to direct their own behavior by rational decision and choice, can only be used in a way that respects this capacity? That is to say, is any exchange between two people in the absence of direct physical compulsion by one party against the other (or threat thereof) necessarily free? Explain
– Do you believe that people deserve all they are able, and only what they are able, to get through free exchange? Explain.
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