Nozick's Entitlement Theory Analysis

n chapter seven, Nozick introduces and defends what he calls the entitlement theory. The theory is about distributive justice. It states that it is possible for the people to acquire some permanent full owned rights in some parts of the world (Nozick 151). The idea presented is that from the fact that one has the legitimate rights of self-ownership, it is also possible to derive some legitimate private ownership of some parts of the world. However, he clearly states that what he offers is only the sketch of that theory (Nozick 160). The most important part is where he discusses the conditions under which a person may acquire full ownership of the parts of the earth that previously has no owner. The discussion is referred to as the lock Kean
What binds a community together is common practices, habits, traditions, and customs. Common moral values is also another factor that binds the society together and enforces cooperation within it. A libertarian state with diversified customs and values is not united but fractured. Without the common bonds of the same culture, the personal freedom will be limited (Brennan 45). The reason for this is because different cultures have different beliefs and what people in one culture consider to be the right thing might a violation to another person. This adds to the complicity of the Libertarian state coming into being, for example, it might be the culture of a certain group of people to go and bathe in the rivers. Another group of people may have the cultural notion that the practice is wrong since it makes the water unclean for other users. In such a case, each culture has a freedom to go and wash their bodies in the river. However, this freedom is a violation of other’s rights since it makes the water unclean for home usage. Such hindrances of the diversity in the society make it difficult for the fulfillment of the Nozick’s
This means that there will be tax system in the state. Therefore, there will be no resources to develop public facilities such as roads and hospitals. Without these facilities, it will become very difficult for the people to access the health facilities due to poor roads and also the hospital will not be in a capacity to serve the people (Brennan 111). This applies to other social institutions such as education center and therefore this will be a violation of the people rights to good health care and better infrastructures. The government will, therefore, be required to come with a tax system that will force everyone to pay tax. Some may argue that forcing people to pay taxes is against their rights. However, their argument is not true because their taxes will be used to create and develop public facilities which will be used by everyone. Indeed paying taxes will not be a violation of rights but it will give way to an enhancement of the rights to better public