why would you not want to read other philosophers if for no other reason but to strengthen your argument and refute them.
I love reading philosophy but if you're making an argument, you need to back it up and not send people off to do your homework for you. At the very least I need some kind of quotation but even better, put it in your own words.
Can you find fault with "Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law." -IK
No, I live by it.
Do we first have a perfect duty not to act by maxims that result in logical contradictions when we attempt to universalize them?
Yes.
Can persons in a State of Nature agree to a social contract defining the rights of that newly formed society?
Yes but it needs to be explicit. It may be that if I go into a restaurant and order a hamburger, I'm implicitly agreeing to pay for it but simply existing on my property isn't implicit consent of being governed.
What is inequity? Inequity of power... Inequity of opportunity.... inequity of biology?
Is justice merely a lack of coercion?
Is justice merely a lack of coercion?Yes, that's what legal justice is. That's not to say morality is only a lack of coercion. Calling your grandmother fat or cheating on your partner are immoral but shouldn't be illegal.