Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974) is recognisedas a classic of modern political philosophy. Along with JohnRawls's A Theory of Justice (1971), it is widely credited withbreathing new life into the discipline in the second half of thetwentieth century. This Companion presents a balanced andcomprehensive assessment of Nozick's contribution to politicalphilosophy. In engaging and accessible chapters, the contributorsanalyse Nozick's ideas from a variety of perspectives and exploreneglected areas of the work such as his discussion of anarchism andhis theory of utopia. Their detailed and illuminating picture ofAnarchy, State, and Utopia, its impact and its enduring influencewill be invaluable to students and scholars in both politicalphilosophy and political theory.
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Introduction Ralf M. Bader and John Meadowcroft
Part I. Morality
1. Side constraints, Lockean individual rights, and the moralbasis of libertarianism Richard Arneson
2. Are deontological constraints irrational? Michael Otsuka
3. What we learn from the experience machine Fred Feldman
Part II. Anarchy
4. Nozickian arguments for the more-than-minimal state EricMack
5. Explanation, justification, and emergent properties – an essayon Nozickian metatheory Gerald Gaus
Part III. State
6. The right to distribute David Schmidtz
7. Nozick's libertarian theory of justice Peter Vallentyne
8. Does Nozick have a theory of property rights? BarbaraFried
9. Nozick's critique of Rawls John Meadowcroft
Part IV. Utopia
10. The framework for utopia Ralf M. Bader
11. E Pluribus Plurum – how to fail to get to utopia in spite ofreally trying Chandran Kukathas
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