Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Wilt Chamberlain, Robert Nozick, John Stuart Mill
25 Oct 2016
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All steps from d1 to d2 are voluntary. Difference principle will require interference in people"s lives. Rawls: taxes on wealth need not be invasive. Nozick: taxation is on par with forced labour . Rawls: distribution can increase the freedom of the poor. Correctly emphasizes the value of making our own choices. But fails to deal fairly with unequal circumstances. So, wilt chamberlain (and we) lack absolute property rights because such rights would prevent us from compensating undeserved inequalities. The history of political thought overlooks whole areas of social concern. John stuart mill rejected racism but accepted a role for colonialism. Women (this topic gets its own lecture later in the course) The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the colour line. Du bois objects to skin colour and hair texture as grounds for excluding people from sharing in the opportunities and privileges of modern civilization. (du.
