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In this brilliant and widely acclaimed book, winner of the 1975 National Book Award, Robert Nozick challenges the most commonly held political and social positions oaf our age--liberal, socialist, and conservative.
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First Sentence edit
IF the state did not exist would it be necessary to invent it?
Table of Contents edit
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART 1: State-of-Nature Theory, or How to Back into a State without Really Trying
1. Why State-of-Nature Theory?
2. The State of Nature
3. Moral Constraints and the State
4. Prohibition, Compensation and Risks
5. The State
6. Further Considerations on the Argument
PART 11: Beyond the Minimal State?
7. Distributive Justice
8. Equality, Envy, Exploitation, Etc.
9. Demoktesis
PART III: Utopia
10. A Framework for Utopia
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Series & Lists edit
This is book 78 of 100 in The hundred most influential books since the war. (community list)
Preceded by On Being a Christian, and followed by A Theory of Justice.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Nozick (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1974
ISBN: 0465002706
Page Count: 367
Publisher: Basic Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1974
ISBN: 0465002706
Page Count: 367
Awards edit
- National Book Award (1975: Philosophy and Religion)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: JC0571 .N68 1974
- Dewey: 320.1
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Leaders & Leadership
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › History & Theory
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Freedom & Security
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Ideologies
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Leadership
- Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Political
- Books › Nonfiction › Government › Federal Government
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