Difference between revisions of "The Entitlement Theory of Justice"
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Cohen [42] points out that the term justice in transfer is ambiguous: it could mean that the step is a just action and/or it could mean that the step preserves the just status. This example provides steps that are just actions, but that clearly do not preserve the just status. (Cohen provides a complex example of a rolling pin accidentally being transferred: this one avoids the needs for accidents, and is based on just, deliberate actions.) | Cohen [42] points out that the term justice in transfer is ambiguous: it could mean that the step is a just action and/or it could mean that the step preserves the just status. This example provides steps that are just actions, but that clearly do not preserve the just status. (Cohen provides a complex example of a rolling pin accidentally being transferred: this one avoids the needs for accidents, and is based on just, deliberate actions.) | ||
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| + | Ironically, Nozick's claim that "liberty destroys patterns" applies to his own theory of maintaining a pattern of justice. | ||
== The Principle of Rectification == | == The Principle of Rectification == | ||
