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Holmes, S. and Sunstein, C. (1999) The Costs of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on  
Holmes, S. and Sunstein, C. (1999) The Costs of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on  
Taxes. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Taxes. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
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White, S. (2003) The Civic Minimum. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
White, S. (2003) The Civic Minimum. Oxford: Oxford University Press.


Libertarians like Robert Nozick<ref>Nozick, R. (1974) Anarchy, State and Utopia. New York: Basic Books</ref> argue that taxation of income is unfair because it violates individual rights.
Libertarians   argue that taxation of income is unfair because it violates individual rights. Robert Nozick has even argued that ‘"taxation of earnings from labor is on a moral par with forced labor"’<ref>Robert Nozick: ''Anarchy, State and Utopia'', Basic Books, 1974</ref>





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Holmes, S. and Sunstein, C. (1999) The Costs of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. Murphy, L. and Nagel, T. (2002) The Myth of Ownership: Taxes and Justice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Nozick, R. (1974) Anarchy, State and Utopia. New York: Basic Books. Rawls, J. (1971) A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Rawls, J. (1993) Political Liberalism. New York: Columbia University Press. Van Parijs, P. (1995) Real Freedom for All. Oxford: Oxford University Press. White, S. (2003) The Civic Minimum. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Libertarians argue that taxation of income is unfair because it violates individual rights. Robert Nozick has even argued that ‘"taxation of earnings from labor is on a moral par with forced labor"’[1]



  1. Robert Nozick: Anarchy, State and Utopia, Basic Books, 1974