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>But no one is entitled to anything. This statement is derived from a particular understanding of the individual, society, and the state, and is by no means un
by claudiawerner 6y ago
>But no one is entitled to anything.
This statement is derived from a particular understanding of the individual, society, and the state, and is by no means universally taken as true among all political philosophers. In fact, even many economists aren't sold on this idea. As it turns out, if I subscribe to a philosophy in which people are entitled to various things, as a matter of distributive justice, then you can be sure I'll vote for it.
- tasuki 6y agoYou're right. Perhaps my gripe was with that particular statement, it just seemed like unhelpful attitude. If you start from "I subscribe to a philosophy" and from there reach the conclusion "hence people are entitled to xyz", that's quite different than starting from "I'm entitled to xyz".