Essays about: "Nozick"
Found 5 essays containing the word Nozick.
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1. The Making of Health Policy. Upon what conceptions of distributive justice are the political arguments regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) constructed?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has been debated by both Republicans and Democrats. In spite of clearly expressed opinions, the normative ideas behind the arguments are not evident. My assumption is that the political agenda is normatively framed. READ MORE
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2. Fördelning av en kostnad utifrån olika rättviseteorier
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : The increasing road traffic in Sweden will require investments in the infrastructure that the tax withdrawal of today will not allow according to a new government report, SOU 2006:33. An existing willingness to pay for those investments has therefore become an alternative to increases in taxation to be able to cover the costs. READ MORE
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3. Is a fundamental justification of morality possible?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Praktisk filosofiAbstract : Does morality need justification? And if yes, what kind of justification will do the proper job? Peter Danielson distinguishes between fundamental and non-fundamental justification. A fundamental justification is a justification of a realm that does not appeal to any of the concepts of that realm. READ MORE
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4. Archeological ethics and cultural property: the debate of conservationist vs. repatriationist and perceptivity from philosophical perspectives
University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etikAbstract : Throughout the course of human civilizations, archaeology is considered as a tool that can be manipulated to achieve certain kind of objectives. For centuries, people struggle for the rights of possession of certain artifacts with significant meanings to their collectivity. READ MORE
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5. Title Legitimacy of power : an argument about the justification of redistributions and restrictions of liberty of action within a state
University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etikAbstract : This thesis aims at answering the following questions:1) How can the existence of a state be justified?2) To what extent does the state have the right to restrict individual´s liberty of action?3) To what extent does the state have the right to restrict or redistribute any kind of "goods", and if so, which restrictions should be allowed on which"goods"?4) Can a moral theory be "goal-directed", and are there moral reasons that it should be "goaldirected"? In order to answer these questions, I will analyze Robert Nozick´s and Michael Walzer´s answers to these questions, as presented in Anarchy, State and Utopia (1974) and Spheres of Justice (1983). My answers, which are founded on an argument for the necessity of freedom of choice and ambition-sensitivity in theories of justice, are results of a compromise between the ideas in these theories, but also partially on criticism of both theories. READ MORE
