One thought experiment in this work posits a creature that is not subject to diminishing marginal returns in order to argue against utilitarianism. An
One thought experiment in this work posits a creature that is not subject to diminishing marginal returns in order to argue against utilitarianism. Another section concludes that humans do not wish to be indeterminate blobs after discussing the work of a group of "superduper neuropsychologists" hooking someone up to a reality synthesizer. According to this work the distribution of "holdings", no matter how unequal, is just if it happens through (*) legitimate means; that is illustrated through a thought experiment in which people willingly make a sportsman rich. This work's concept of government is said to be inclusive, and allows for opposing systems to exist internally as long as they do not illegitimately use force. This work advocates a night-watchman state. For ten points, name this libertarian work which argues against the theories of Rawls, written by Robert Nozick.
One thought experiment in this work posits a creature that is not subject to diminishing marginal returns in order to argue against utilitarianism.