Lentern
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Disclaimer: Yes I am writing a uni thing on this at the time, no I am not posing the question to you but rather issues that I encountered in my research.
Essentially even within the parameters of a free market framework, what theoretical rights are impinged upon by an inheritance tax? The beneficiary I think we all agree is just a lucky person (not withstanding the sort of anomaly where an agreement is made to include someone in their will in exchange for services which is a very different issue), that real rights that have been earned are by the dying man who has worked to accrue his wealth and should be allowed to do it which is a legitimate perspective to take while he is still alive but is it logical and pragmatic from a utilitarian perspective to afford economic rights to the deceased?
Essentially even within the parameters of a free market framework, what theoretical rights are impinged upon by an inheritance tax? The beneficiary I think we all agree is just a lucky person (not withstanding the sort of anomaly where an agreement is made to include someone in their will in exchange for services which is a very different issue), that real rights that have been earned are by the dying man who has worked to accrue his wealth and should be allowed to do it which is a legitimate perspective to take while he is still alive but is it logical and pragmatic from a utilitarian perspective to afford economic rights to the deceased?