If socially posited property schemes derive authority only from acknowledging redistribution duties, then property rights are contingent on contested welfare norms, destabilizing the rule of law (Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia).
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Robert Nozick(named as a key figure in individualist philosophy)
An American philosopher (1938-2002) who argued that individuals have strong rights to their property and freedom, and that governments should be minimal and not redistribute wealth.
Rule of Law(The definition many scholars adopt.)
People being governed by measures laid down in advance in general terms and enforced equally according to the terms in which they have been publicly promulgated.
Socially posited(describing how property systems are created by human agreement)
Something that a society agrees to create or establish by collective decision, rather than something that exists naturally.
authority(as another method a physician might use to ensure patients comply with treatment)
The power or right to make decisions and have others follow them, based on expertise or position. A doctor has authority because of their medical knowledge.
contingent(De Interpretatione 12–13)
Equated with 'possible'; on the two-sided interpretation, contingency excludes necessity (possibility implies non-necessity).
property rights(Prompted by the breakdown of feudal land tenure and expansion of overseas trade)
Legally and philosophically grounded entitlements to possess and control resources, formed through contract or social agreement in the early modern period