Robert Nozick [electronic resource] / Ralf M. Bader.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Major conservative and libertarian thinkers ; v. 11.Publication details: New York : Continuum, 2010.Description: xii, 136 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 320.101 22
LOC classification:
  • JC571.N683 B33 2010eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [132]-134) and index.

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.

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