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

question 1

Multiple Choice

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 claims that a more-than-minimal state will

• A) eventually shrink.
• B) benefit no one.
• C) violate citizens' rights.
• D) interfere with the prerogatives of the state.

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