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Nozick Rejects the Notion of Distribution of Society's Benefits Based

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Nozick rejects the notion of distribution of society's benefits based on equality or desert. He maintains that if we rightfully possess any goods (i.e., we obtained them legitimately), then we own them; they are not ours because we are entitled to equal shares of them or because we deserve them.
-Nozick insists that redistribution of goods does not violate people's rights.


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