PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Wilt Chamberlain, Robert Nozick, Apple Pie

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Paul Forster

Document Summary

We have an irrational prejudice against the state that is based on egocentric fallacy. Bergman"s four major lessons (the more you have of maximum liberty, the less you have of rules and regulations) The laws enhance freedom and mobility, but sometimes seems like an intervention. Anarchism- the absence of the state is equivalent to freedom. The choice we face is not between no obstacles versus obstacles. To equate the state with un-freedom or coercion is wrong. If someone brings apple pie to the class, it belongs to no one but everyone at the same time. We can determine this by merit, need, equal distribution (everyone gets the pie). Distribution of grades is based on the history of what each individual did. Can"t say that there is a principle which dictates the exact distribution, it would be. He could decide to grade on a curve where he needs 5. A"s, 8 b"s, 4 c"s, and 6 d"s.