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What is
the most basic principle of justified
coercion?
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main question
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answer / school of thought
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secondary question
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It is just to coerce people to abide by
traditional rules.
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Classical Conservative (Burke)
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By what process does a departure from tradition
acquire the respect of tradition?
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It is just to coerce people to abide by what
emerges from a majoritarian vote-aggregation
procedure.
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Majoritarian
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What role do voters play?
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Disinterested judges (Condorcet) --
What criteria do the judges
employ?
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Self-interested advocates (Welfare Economics) --
What do you do about the endless
cycles of rent-seeking?
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It is just to coerce people to do their parts to
achieve what maximizes the sum of utilities.
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Utilitarian (Bentham)
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It is just to coerce people to do their parts to
promote the general welfare
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Good Gestaltist (DeReuter)
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It is just to coerce people to abide by the
rules they would have agreed to before they knew
their personal circumstances.
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Contractarian
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What would concern people in choosing rules if
they did not know their personal circumstances?
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The position of the least advantaged --
Maximinist (Rawls)
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Their expected utility -- Utilitarian (Harsanyi)
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It is just to coerce people to provide as much
for others as they have themselves.
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Egalitarian
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As much what?
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Happiness (Roemer)
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Resources (Dworkin)
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It is just to coerce people to accord others the
most extensive individual liberty that all can
have.
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Classical Liberal
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People may cooperate with whom they choose to do
anything that does not interfere with others. They
own their bodies, and the returns to their efforts
and savings
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How are claims to exclusive use of natural
opportunities established?
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All persons have equal claims on the use of
natural opportunities -- Left-Libertarian
(George)
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First use, the passage of time,or legal transfer
of title based on these establishes ownership. --
Right-Libertarian (Rothbard)
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