Document Type
Essay/Newsletter
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This essay discusses the means by which Nozick implicitly denies the conclusion that redistribution increases aggregate well-being. The author attempts to show how Nozick exaggerates the burden that redistribution places on the rich. Moreover, an attempt is made to show Nozick minimizes the needs of the poor, and further minimizes the suffering his system could cause. Finally, the author compares Nozick's implicit utilitarian arguments against redistribution with Jeremy Bentham's explicit reservations about redistribution.
First Page
339
Last Page
350
Publication Date
5-1-1998
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Stein, Mark S.
(1998)
"Nozick: A Utilitarian Reformulation,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 18:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
Suggested Citation
Mark S. Stein, Nozick: A Utilitarian Reformulation, 18 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 339 (1998).
