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Robert Nozick
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Nozick examines holdings through acquisition, transfer and rectification. A voluntary exchange does not by itself repair injustice in the history of what is exchanged.
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Guided course · Module 13 · Lesson 79
What would fair institutions have to protect?
Rawls, Nozick and Sen offer different tests of fair institutions: principles chosen behind a veil of ignorance, the history of holdings and what people can actually do. Each challenges a simple comparison of incomes.