Egalitarianism seems to appeal to intellectuals. But to ordinary people, perhaps not so much. Most of us would be happy to have among us people of “immoderate wealth” who make life more interesting. It does a lot of people good, and if legitimately made, does no one any harm.
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Jan Narveson is a distinguished professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Waterloo.
| Other Independent Review articles by Jan Narveson | ||
| Summer 2018 | A Short Note about Inequality | |
| Spring 2009 | Deleting the State: An Argument about Government | |
| Winter 1999/00 | Problems of Market Liberalism: Volume 15, Social Philosophy and Policy, Part 2 | |
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