Source: Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974), Ch. 7 : Distributive Justice, Section I, The Entitlement Theory, p. 151
Context: 1. A person who acquires a holding in accordance with the principle of justice in acquisition is entitled to that holding.
2. A person who acquires a holding in accordance with the principle of justice in transfer, from someone else entitled to the holding, is entitled to the holding.
3. No one is entitled to a holding except by (repeated) applications of 1 and 2.
“To each according to his threat advantage does not count as a principle of justice.”
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John Rawls
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A Theory of Justice
Source: A Theory of Justice (1971; 1975; 1999), Chapter III, Section 24, pg. 141
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