Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: b. March 18, 1939
Birthday: March 18
If welfare and equality are to be primary aims of law, some people must necessarily possess a greater power of coercion in order to force redistribution of material goods. Political power alone should be equal among human beings; yet striving for other kinds of equality absolutely requires political inequality.
source: Tibor R. Machan (1995). “Private Rights and Public Illusions”, p.81, Transaction Publishers
topic: Equality, Order, Law, Greater Power