Nozick rejects the notion of distribution of society's benefits based on equality or desert. He maintains that if we rightfully possess any goods (i.e., we obtained them legitimately), then we own them; they are not ours because we are entitled to equal shares of them or because we deserve them.
-Nozick rejects the notion of distribution of society's benefits based on equality or desert.

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Nozick's theory, particularly in his book "Anarchy, State, and Utopia," argues against distributive justice principles that focus on equality or desert. He advocates for a historical principle of justice in acquisition and transfer, emphasizing that if goods are acquired and transferred through just means, individuals have a right to those goods, irrespective of any considerations of equality or desert.

Nozick Rejects the Notion of Distribution of Society's Benefits Based