A distribution is just if it arises from another just distribution by legitimate means..

You can't satisfy everybody; especially if there are those who will be dissatisfied unless not everybody is satisfied..

The scientists often have more unfettered imaginations than current philosophers do. Relativity theory came as a complete surprise to philosophers, a….

Given the complexity of interpersonal relationships and institutions and the complexity of co-ordination of the actions of many people, it is enormou….

The illegitimate use of a state by economic interests for their own ends is based upon a preexisting illegitimate power of the state to enrich some p….

No one has ever announced that because determinism is true thermostats do not control temperature..

Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor. Seizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him and dir….

Whoever makes something having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the process (transferring some of his holdings for these coo….

And although it might be best of all to be Socrates satisfied, having both happiness and depth, we would give up some happiness in order to gain the ….

Whatever the practical origins of aesthetic discernment may have been, it has been used to create great works of art. When the very loftiest human cr….

Our main conclusions about the state are that a minimal state, limited, to the narrow functions of protection against force, theft, fraud, enforcemen….

Some people steal from others, or defraud them, or enslave them, seizing their product and preventing them from living as they choose, or forcibly ex….

Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor..

Instead of trying to prove your opponent wrong, try to see in what sense he might be right..

Marxian exploitation is the exploitation of people's lack of understanding of economics..

Why are philosophers intent on forcing others to believe things? Is that a nice way to behave towards someone?.

The terminology of philosophical art is coercive: arguments are powerful and best when they are knockdown, arguments force you to a conclusion, if yo….

When I was 15 years old, or 16, I carried around on the streets of Brooklyn a paperback copy of Plato's Republic, front cover facing outward. I had r….

It goes without saying that any persons may attempt to unite kindred spirits, but, whatever their hopes and longings, none have the right to impose t….

Our principles fix what our life stands for, our aims create the light our life is bathed in, and our rationality, both individual and coordinate, de….

In a free system any large, popular, revolutionary movement should be able to bring about its ends by such a voluntary process. As more and more peop….