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Abstract
The paper mainly discusses to what extent do I think the libertarian approach is adequate to explain social justice. Besides, the paper explains the definition of the liberalism, libertarianism and social justice. After that, the paper discusses how the libertarianism explains social justice based on the definition of the libertarianism and the social justice. Finally, if
Introduction To a small extent, I think the libertarian approach is adequate to explain social justice. Social Justice is a concept of sharing responsibility in a society, arranging social status and allocating resources to the principle of justice, and …show more content…
On the contrary, according to the “Anarchy, State, and Utopia” written by Robert Nozick (1974), libertarianism refers to liberty as an overriding principle and it is based on individual’s consent (Nozick, 1974). Libertarianism emphasizes on the individual right, and believes that as an independent individual, people have non-transferable basic rights, especially the fundamental right of self-ownership, and it favors the market distribution and minimal intervention of the government, the government should be limited to the maintenance of contracts, the protection of citizens from violence, and the prevention of theft or fraud of their property (Nozick,