![]() For Nozick, a distribution of goods is just if brought about by free exchange among consenting adults from a just starting position, even if large inequalities subsequently emerge from the process. There, Nozick argues that only a minimal state "limited to the narrow functions of protection against force, theft, fraud, enforcement of contracts, and so on" could be justified without violating people's rights. They were colleagues at Harvard, and Nozicke took up the naturally opposing side Rawls: a state that infringes on too many liberties is unjustified, so getting as close to anarchy (in the sense of “no government”) is the only justifiable state.įor Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974) Nozick received a National Book Award in category Philosophy and Religion. He is best known for his books Philosophical Explanations (1981), which included his counterfactual theory of knowledge, and Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974), a libertarian answer to John Rawls' A Theory of Justice (1971). He held the Joseph Pellegrino University Professorship at Harvard University, and was president of the American Philosophical Association. Robert Nozick 50 (/ˈnoʊzɪk/ Novem– January 23, 2002) was an American philosopher. ![]() ![]() \)Ģ5 Anarchy, State, and Utopia (Robert Nozick) ![]()
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