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Anarchy and utopia
Anarchy and utopia




anarchy and utopia

Nozick believes that philosophers are really more The preface of Anarchy, State, and Utopia contains a passage about "the usual manner of presenting philosophical work - i.e., its presentation as though it were the absolutely final word on its subject. Thus anarcho-capitalism may only exist for a limited period before a minimalist state emerges. Protective agency which is itself a de facto "state".

anarchy and utopia

Therefore, even to the extent that the anarcho-capitalist theory is correct, it results in a single, private, Interests to align with, because other agencies are unable to effectively compete against the advantages of the agency with majority coverage. Nozick argues thatĪnarcho-capitalism would inevitably transform into a minarchist state, even without violating any of its own non-aggression principles, through the eventual emergence of a single locally dominant private defense and judicial agency that it is in everyone's It is influenced by John Locke, Immanuel Kant, and Friedrich Hayek.īook also contains a vigorous defense of minarchist libertarianism against more extreme views, such as anarcho-capitalism (in which there is no state and individuals must contract with private companies for all social services). Nozick's entitlement theory, which sees humans as ends in themselves and justifies redistribution of goods only on condition of consent, is a key aspect of Anarchy, State, and Utopia. That illustrates how the minimalist state arises naturally from anarchy and how any expansion of state power past this minimalist threshold is unjustified. To support the idea of the minimal state, Nozick presents an argument When a state takes on more responsibilities than these, Nozick argues, rights will be violated. Of protection against force, theft, fraud, enforcement of contracts, and so on". In opposition to A Theory of Justice (1971) by John Rawls, and in debate with Michael Walzer, Nozick argues in favor of a minimal state, "limited to the narrow functions It won the 1975 US National Book Award in category Philosophy and Religion, has been translated into 11 languages, and was named one of the "100 most influentialīooks since the war" (1945–1995) by the UK Times Literary Supplement. Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a 1974 book by the American political philosopher Robert Nozick.






Anarchy and utopia