Murphy & Nagel argue that because people intuitively feel as though they are entitled to their net (post-tax) incomes, and because tax increases are often described as “taking what belongs to the people,” it is easy to believe (wrongly) that  

Warren argues that the following characteristics are central to the concept of personhood:

According to Peter Singer, the fact that there are important differences between humans and non-human animals does not prevent us from extending the principle of equality to the latter.

According to Van Der Haag, the issue of deterrence (i.e., whether or not the death penalty reduces crime by deterring potential criminals) is

Robert Nozick argues that the taxation system is one of forced labor because others intentionally intervene with threats of force in order to

One major flaw in Singer’s positions, according to Wells, is that it 

According to McMahan, when most people have guns, everyone is less secure than they would be if no one had guns except the police. 

According to Singer, the belief that human life and only human life is sacrosanct is not a form of “speciesism.”

The basic laws of nature, according to Locke, teach us that 

According to McMahan, the revisionist approach to just war rejects the traditional just war theory’s claims that