On Wilt Chamberlain
De "Robert Nozick (1938-2002)" (the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy):
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Standard theories of distributive justice, Nozick says, are either ahistorical "end-state" or "end-result" theories, requiring that the distribution of wealth in a society have a certain structure, e.g. an egalitarian structure (regardless of how the distribution came about or how people got what they have); or they are historical theories requiring that the distribution fit a certain pattern reflecting such historical circumstances as who worked the hardest or who deserves the most.
Nozick illustrates and defends the .... theory in a famous thought-experiment involving the basketball player Wilt Chamberlain. Imagine a society in which the distribution of wealth fits a particular structure or pattern .... Now suppose that among the members of this society is Wilt Chamberlain .... over the course of the season, one million fans decide to pay the twenty-five cents to watch him play. The result will be a new distribution, .... in which Chamberlain now has .... much more than anyone else .... no one has any grounds for a complaint of injustice; and thus there is no injustice.
.... the example shows that "liberty upsets patterns," that allowing individuals freely to use their holdings as they choose will inevitably destroy any distribution advocated by .... theories, whether they be socialist, egalitarian liberal, or some other theory of distribution. And the corollary of this is that patterns destroy liberty .... As Nozick puts it, "the socialist society would have to forbid capitalist acts between consenting adults." ....
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