tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post1133659343577817159..comments2024-03-25T07:51:47.758-04:00Comments on Thoughts On Economics: Nozick's Anarchy, State, and UtopiaRobert Vienneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14748118392842775431noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-28931404876128233262011-04-12T10:52:51.606-04:002011-04-12T10:52:51.606-04:00I second ivanfoofoo. Rothbard, for instance, certa...I second ivanfoofoo. Rothbard, for instance, certainly treated marginal productivity based distribution as an ideal distribution towards which the market would tend.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-18385287421279377292011-04-12T09:59:20.293-04:002011-04-12T09:59:20.293-04:00You stated:
"Nozick doesn't understand m...You stated:<br /><br />"Nozick doesn't understand marginal productivity. He incorrectly thinks that it is a theory of distribution:<br /><br /> "Almost every suggested principle of distributive justice is patterned: to each according to his moral merit, or needs, or marginal product, or how hard he tries, or...""<br /><br />I just can't see how Nozick says that marginal productivity is a redistribution theory. I think that he is trying to enumerate some of the ideas behind redistribution, and I think that pushing the market to a "perfect competition state" so that workers can earn their full marginal productivity is one (maybe the weirdest) of those ideas.ivanfoofoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899286403907746852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-81298033224037626842011-04-12T08:11:19.452-04:002011-04-12T08:11:19.452-04:00"For example, I think a major question in pol..."For example, I think a major question in political philosophy is how people with different ideas of good and evil can live together. Nozick acknowledges he doesn't address this question:"<br /><br />I think you read that passage backwards. He's saying he's not going to address the possibility that people DON'T have different ideas of good and evil, i.e., he is dealing ONLY with a world where "people with different ideas of good and evil" need to live together.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26706564.post-49078558499362136812011-04-11T11:13:05.144-04:002011-04-11T11:13:05.144-04:00I found Gerry Cohen's book 'Self-ownership...I found Gerry Cohen's book 'Self-ownership, Freedom and Equality' a very useful companion text for reading Nozick. He really clarified some of Nozick's points for me (especially the Chamberlain example). <br /><br />Thanks, always good to hear about people reading and reflecting on thinkers like Nozick (and Marx).Simon Hallidayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04289994368497331598noreply@blogger.com