Rahul asked:

In India millions of people struggle to meet their minimum needs while a fortunate few do very well
because of an unfair social and economic system where property, education and other 'social goods'
were confined to very few people. Doesn't 'social justice' imply that attempts must be made to
improve the lot of those who are unfairly deprived, even if the right to property of the rich is not as
protected as Nozick would have wanted it?

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Rather than answer your question I would rather answer with a question of my own. On what scale do
you judge "minimum needs" The perception of people in India would make us all rich including our
homeless, but in our society most people cannot meet what would be considered minimum needs as
well. Perhaps you should change your wording to necessities of life and ask this "doesn't social
justice imply that attempts must be made to improve the opportunities to those who are unfairly
deprived?"

Ryan Burton

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