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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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