Robert Nozick,9780804718561

Robert Nozick

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ISBN13: 9780804718561
ISBN10: 0804718563
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1991-04-01
Publisher(s): Stanford Univ Pr
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Summary

This book is the first full-length study of Nozick's work and of the debates to which it has given rise. Wolff situates Norzick's work in the context of current debates and examines the traditions which have influenced his thought. He then critically reconstructs the key arguments of Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Focusing on Nozick's doctrine of rights, his derivation of the minimal state, and his Entitlement Theory of Justice.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Acknowledgements xi
Note on References xiii
Introduction 1(5)
Nozick's Libertarianism
6(10)
Between Anarchy and the State
6(1)
The Thesis of Self-Ownership
7(2)
The Entitlement Theory of Justice
9(1)
The Minimal State
10(2)
A Framework for Utopia?
12(4)
Libertarian Rights
16(20)
Individual Rights vs Utility
16(3)
Inviolable Rights
19(5)
Natural Rights and John Locke
24(3)
Kantian Foundations and the Meaning of Life
27(6)
Self-Defence and Punishment
33(3)
Defending the Minimal State
36(37)
The Case for Anarchy
36(2)
The Lockean Predicament
38(2)
Consent Theory
40(2)
Nozick's Invisible Hand
42(5)
Nozickian Methodology
47(6)
The Rational Acceptability of the State
53(3)
The Problem of Monopoly
56(3)
Compelling the Anarchist
59(2)
Risk and Procedural Rights
61(4)
A Clash of Rights?
65(1)
The Principle of Compensation
66(4)
The Minimal State
70(3)
The Entitlement Theory of Justice
73(45)
Rights, Distributive Justice, and the Minimal State
73(2)
Theories of Justice
75(2)
The Entitlement Theory
77(2)
Liberty and Patterns
79(3)
The Disruption of Patterns
82(1)
Voluntary Transfer
83(5)
Patterns and Taxation
88(5)
Two Conceptions of Liberty
93(4)
Entitlement and Liberty
97(2)
Rejecting the Entitlement Conception?
99(1)
Justice in Acquisition
100(2)
Locke on Property
102(5)
The Lockean Proviso and the Nozickian Proviso
107(5)
The Problem of Baselines
112(3)
Justice in Rectification
115(2)
Conclusion
117(1)
Nozick and Political Philosophy
118(25)
Nozick contra Rawls
118(5)
Nozick contra Equality
123(3)
Nozick contra Marx
126(7)
Libertarianism and Utopianism
133(3)
Libertarianism, Liberalism, Conservatism
136(3)
The Lure of Libertarianism
139(4)
Notes 143(10)
Guide to Further Reading 153(4)
Bibliography 157(7)
Index 164

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