Comments on: Steal This Blog! http://aaeblog.com/2009/12/26/steal-this-blog/ "Austro" as in Rothbard and Wittgenstein, "Athenian" as in Aristotle and smashing-the-plutocracy. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:46:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Richard Garner http://aaeblog.com/2009/12/26/steal-this-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-354376 Richard Garner Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:15:41 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4150#comment-354376 Excellent artilce on class theory and justice, Roderick, well done! Actually, I have penned an article recently on anarcho-capitalism and traditional anarchism, to be serialised in Joe Peacott's <i>Anchorage Anarchy</i>, and in this article I also raise Nozick's historical theory of justice with regards to socialist complaints about the injustice of capitalism. I observe that complaints that capitalism is unjust because it creates inequalities, or because it doesn't distribute goods "from each according to ability, to each according to need" are based on end-state or patterned theories of justice, and are thus fundamentally at odds with the complaint that capitalism is unjust because distributions of wealth under it arise via exploitation, since this complaint is based on an historical theory of justice. Excellent artilce on class theory and justice, Roderick, well done! Actually, I have penned an article recently on anarcho-capitalism and traditional anarchism, to be serialised in Joe Peacott’s Anchorage Anarchy, and in this article I also raise Nozick’s historical theory of justice with regards to socialist complaints about the injustice of capitalism. I observe that complaints that capitalism is unjust because it creates inequalities, or because it doesn’t distribute goods “from each according to ability, to each according to need” are based on end-state or patterned theories of justice, and are thus fundamentally at odds with the complaint that capitalism is unjust because distributions of wealth under it arise via exploitation, since this complaint is based on an historical theory of justice.

]]> By: Michael Wiebe http://aaeblog.com/2009/12/26/steal-this-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-354374 Michael Wiebe Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:32:01 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4150#comment-354374 Excellent work, Roderick. Really <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/samueladam392728.html" rel="nofollow">brush fire</a> material. P.S. Typo on page 1: "Nozick 1874". Excellent work, Roderick. Really brush fire material.

P.S. Typo on page 1: “Nozick 1874″.

]]> By: Billy http://aaeblog.com/2009/12/26/steal-this-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-354371 Billy Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:06:29 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4150#comment-354371 Great article Professor Long, I'll be using these arguments on my liberal friends. I'm a little hesitant to use the 'left' prefix tho, because of Steiner, etc. (it's confusing). P.S.: is it "lays bear" or "lays bare"? Great article Professor Long, I’ll be using these arguments on my liberal friends. I’m a little hesitant to use the
‘left’ prefix tho, because of Steiner, etc. (it’s confusing).

P.S.: is it “lays bear” or “lays bare”?

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