Taxation Nozick Research Paper
Democratic ideals- Taxation Nozick
Because a just government cannot violate the negative rights of its citizens I negate the resolution: in matters of U.S. immigration policy restrictions on the rights of non-citizens are consistent with democratic ideals.
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According to US immigration law, immigrants are persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. As we are only looking toward those lawfully admitted we must only look legal non-citizens and illegal immigrants can be excluded from the realm of the debate. Also as we are only looking to those seeking permanent residence we can exclude all tourists, and we can assume that those coming into the country have a desire to learn and assimilate into the culture. …show more content…
As a state is created to organize and govern individuals, the moral duties of individuals are the basis of a just governments obligation. Robert Nozick explains:" moral philosophy sets the background for, and boundaries of political philosophy. What people may and may not do to another limits what they can do through the apparatus of a state, or do to establish such an apparatus. The moral prohibitions it is permissible to enforce are the source of whatever legitimacy that states fundamental coercive power has." The most fundamental moral obligation of the individuals is that they may not violate the rights of other individuals to advance their own ends. Even if violating one person's rights would protect more rights overall, such an action would not be morally justifiable because it would treat that individual as a means and not an end. Robert nozick explains the source of this moral side constraint:" side constraints upon action reflect the underlying Kantian principle than individuals are ends and not merely means; they may not be sacrificed or used for the achieving of other ends without their consent. Individuals are inviolable." Nozick continues:' the moral side constraints upon what we may do reflect the fact that no moral balancing act can take place among us; there is no moral outweighing of one of our lives by others so as to lead to greater overall social good. There is no justified sacrifice of some of us for others. The root idea, namely, that there are different individuals with separate lives and so no one may be sacrifices for others, underlies the existence of moral side constraints." Accordingly the criterion is respect for moral side
Because a just government cannot violate the negative rights of its citizens I negate the resolution: in matters of U.S. immigration policy restrictions on the rights of non-citizens are consistent with democratic ideals.
Definitions:
According to US immigration law, immigrants are persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. As we are only looking toward those lawfully admitted we must only look legal non-citizens and illegal immigrants can be excluded from the realm of the debate. Also as we are only looking to those seeking permanent residence we can exclude all tourists, and we can assume that those coming into the country have a desire to learn and assimilate into the culture. …show more content…
As a state is created to organize and govern individuals, the moral duties of individuals are the basis of a just governments obligation. Robert Nozick explains:" moral philosophy sets the background for, and boundaries of political philosophy. What people may and may not do to another limits what they can do through the apparatus of a state, or do to establish such an apparatus. The moral prohibitions it is permissible to enforce are the source of whatever legitimacy that states fundamental coercive power has." The most fundamental moral obligation of the individuals is that they may not violate the rights of other individuals to advance their own ends. Even if violating one person's rights would protect more rights overall, such an action would not be morally justifiable because it would treat that individual as a means and not an end. Robert nozick explains the source of this moral side constraint:" side constraints upon action reflect the underlying Kantian principle than individuals are ends and not merely means; they may not be sacrificed or used for the achieving of other ends without their consent. Individuals are inviolable." Nozick continues:' the moral side constraints upon what we may do reflect the fact that no moral balancing act can take place among us; there is no moral outweighing of one of our lives by others so as to lead to greater overall social good. There is no justified sacrifice of some of us for others. The root idea, namely, that there are different individuals with separate lives and so no one may be sacrifices for others, underlies the existence of moral side constraints." Accordingly the criterion is respect for moral side