Justifying taxation and the state (get referenced in my PhD)
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Justifying taxation and the state (get referenced in my PhD)
I am a student in my last year of writing my PhD. For my thesis I am developing and defending a new normative theory called "freedom consequentialism". Part of this involves gathering objections from a range of sources and responding to them in my thesis. Here I am posting a short intro to what my theory is and then a chapter discussing how taxation can be justified by reference to protecting a person's freedom over their own choices, even though it is legalized theft. Please feel free to read this chapter and, if you think I am wrong about any of it, tell me why I'm wrong. I will be discussing useful, interesting and difficult objections in my thesis and anything you contribute will be referenced appropriately.
A short introduction to what my theory is:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B00h0 ... G9GbzJQRHM
A chapter on justifying the state and taxation:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B00h0 ... G5FeGZ1NUU
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