This essay unpacks Robert Nozick’s arguments about distributive justice providing some questions (and answers) for Nozick from a broadly Christian point of view. These are not just Catholic or, more broadly, Christian questions. They are small-c catholic or universal questions that all scholars of justice should take seriously whatever their worldviews.

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Gregory J. Robson is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, Associate Research Professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, and Co-Editor of The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy.
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