MICHAEL J.

SANDEL
Justice: What’s the right thing to do
Episode 3: Free to Choose

Presented by:
“Group 3”
Bryant
Jude
Lisa
Tony
Outline

1. Libertarianism
2. Libertarian View of Government
3. Libertarianism Philosophy – Robert Nozick
4. Libertarianism Philosophy – Milton Friedman
5. Discussion: Redistribution or Taxation
6. Conclusion
Libertarianism

Concerns to the fundamental

individual right and we are
separated individual.

A right to choose freely our

life as long as we respect the
others right.
 Utilitarianism Libertarianism

Seek the greatest good for the Individual right can not be
greatest number of people and violated even increase
they focus on consequences. overall benefit.
Libertarian View of Government

1. Ex: Seat belt laws and motorcycle

helmet laws
2. Many laws try to the virtue of citizens,
try to give expression to the moral
values of the society (ex: sexual
intimacy between gays and lesbians)
3. It is not fair to redistribute someone
wealth to others (ex: by taxation)
Libertarian Philosophy (Robert Nozick)

Forced labor involves in taking of leisure,

time and efforts just as taxation take
earnings that made with labor
Libertarian Philosophy (Milton Friedman)
Many of the functions that we take for granted as
1 properly aren’t belonging to government.

2 They are paternalist.

Example: Social security, saving retirement during

3 earning years is a violation of liberty for the government.
People should be free to make their own choice and take
4 those risks.
Libertarian Philosophy (Milton Friedman)
Arguments against Libertarian:

01 02 03 04

The poor need Taxation by The successful Wealth depends

the money consent of the owe a debt to partly on luck,
more governed is society so it isn’t
not coerced deserved
Discussion: Case of Redistribution or Taxation

Poor need more money, and Own debt to society Wealth depends on luck
Taxation made by consent of
government isn’t coerced
Conclusion

• Libertarian very against the utilitarian idea of using people that become the intuitively powerful idea
that we are the proprietors of our own person
• We are the proprietors of our own person, that means that we have the right to choose and
responsible for our own sake of happiness and satisfaction without own the debt of society because
we own our own labor, the owner of ourselves.
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