http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/293/colin-r-fraser Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:21:34 -0400 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:21:34 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/510/john-rawls-robert-nozick-and-the-difference-principle-finding-common-ground By Colin R. Fraser - A large portion of Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, The State and Utopia is dedicated to refuting the theories of John Rawls. Specifically, Nozick takes issue with Rawls’ conception of distributive justice as it pertains to economic inequalities. Rawls wrote that economic inequalities should only be permitted if they are to the benefit of society, and especially if they are to the benefit of its least advantaged members; this has come to be known as “the difference principle”. Nozick believed that no one had any business “permitting” economic inequalities at all. To... Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:59 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/510/john-rawls-robert-nozick-and-the-difference-principle-finding-common-ground http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/318/the-equivocal-nature-of-exploitation-how-poor-workers-in-developing-nations-exploit-capitalist-greed-for-a-profit By Colin R. Fraser - Learning to play guitar is painful. For the first months, the coarse steel of the guitar strings shreds the soft skin of the player’s fingertips into a disgusting bloody mess. A reasonable person who does not play guitar would be entirely justified in thinking that the guitar student ought to take it a little bit easier on his poor fingers. Nonetheless, if the guitar student wants to some day be able to play without the pain, his best move is to play as much as possible. In the developing world, sweatshop labour might be viewed in a similar light as the mutilated fingertips of the guitar... Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:42 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/318/the-equivocal-nature-of-exploitation-how-poor-workers-in-developing-nations-exploit-capitalist-greed-for-a-profit