EVALUATION OF ROBERT NOZICK'S ENTITLEMENT THEORY

📄 Project Abstract

Robert Nozick's Entitlement Theory consists of three principles of justice in Acquisition, in Transfer and in Rectification. The entitlement theory of Nozick entails that a person is entitled to a holding if he followed the principle of acquisition, transfer and rectification. Raising the issue of equitable distribution and individual appropriation, Nozick's entitlement theory of individual right and private property right defends free market and absolute private property right. This thesis is meant therefore, to solve the problem of individual appropriation of property, problem of how resources should be distributed and the problem of extent of object with which one mixes one's labour. Claiming ownership of a property because of the mixing of one's labour has a limit for which one can mix one's labour. Equitable distribution is such that is not characterized by 'the winner takes it all' type of distribution. This thesis attempts reconciling persistent issues and debates that revolve a...