Robert Nozick

Main Author: Bader, Ralf M.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Continuum, 2010.
Series:Major conservative and libertarian thinkers ; v. 11
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10488191
Table of Contents:
  • Biography
  • Nozick's life
  • Nozick's approach to philosophy
  • Critical exposition
  • The moral foundation
  • Rights considered as side constraints
  • The basis of libertarian side constraints
  • Against anarchy
  • State of nature theorizing
  • From anarchy to the minimal state
  • Nothing more than the minimal state
  • Theories of justice
  • Against patterns
  • Moral luck, equality and entitlements
  • The minimal state as an inspiring utopia
  • The best possible world
  • Individuality, diversity and the minimal state
  • Beyond anarchy, state, and utopia
  • Reception and influence
  • Critique of rights-based libertarianism
  • Against the legitimate state
  • More than the minimal state?
  • Problems with the meta-utopia
  • Relevance
  • Rights-based libertarianism
  • Taking anarchism seriously
  • Justice and entitlements
  • The meta-utopia.