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To coerce someone,
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to use some person for the sake of the general welfare
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is wrong,
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because it calls into question
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the fundamental fact that we own ourselves
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the fundamental moral fact of self possession or self ownership.
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The libertarian's argument against redistribution
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begins with this fundamental idea that we own ourselves.
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Nozick says that
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if the society as a whole
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can go to Bill Gates or go to Michael Jordan
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and tax away a portion of their wealth,