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 insists that redistribution of goods does not violate people's rights.

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Nozick argues against redistribution of goods, asserting that it violates people's rights if those goods were acquired through legitimate means. He champions a principle of justice in acquisition and transfer, suggesting that if goods are acquired and transferred legitimately, any pattern of distribution, no matter how unequal, is just.

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