**The foundational text of libertarian thought**
First published in response to John Rawls’ __A Theory of Justice__, Robert Nozick’s __Anarchy, State, and Utopia__ has become a defining text of classic libertarian thought. Challenging and ultimately rejecting liberal, socialist, and conservative agendas, Nozick boldly asserts that the rights of individuals are violated as a state’s responsibilities increase-and that the only way to avoid these violations is the creation of a minimalist state limited to the enforcement of contracts and to protection against force, fraud, and theft.
Translated into 100 languages, winner of the National Book Award, and named one of the 100 Most Influential Books since World War II by the __Times Literary Supplement__, __Anarchy, State and Utopia__ remains one of the most theoretically trenchant and philosophically rich defenses of economic liberalism to date. With an introduction by philosopher Thomas Nagel, this edition brings Nozick and his work to a new generation of readers.

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Title Page 4
Copyright 5
Contents 6
Foreword by Thomas Nagel 10
Preface 17
Acknowledgments 22
PART I: State-of Nature Theory, or How to Back into a State without Really Trying 24
1. Why State-of-Nature Theory? 25
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 25
EXPLANATORY POLITICAL THEORY 27
2. The State of Nature 31
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS 32
THE DOMINANT PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION 35
INVISIBLE-HAND EXPLANATIONS 37
IS THE DOMINANT PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION A STATE? 41
3. Moral Constraints and the State 45
THE MINIMAL STATE AND THE ULTRAMINIMAL STATE 45
MORAL CONSTRAINTS AND MORAL GOALS 46
WHY SIDE CONSTRAINTS/ 48
LIBERTARIAN CONSTRAINTS 50
CONSTRAINTS AND ANIMALS 52
THE EXPERIENCE MACHINE 58
UNDERDETERMINATION OF MORAL THEORY 60
WHAT ARE CONSTRAINTS BASED UPON? 62
THE INDIVIDUALIST ANARCHIST 65
4. Prohibition, Compensation, and Risk 68
INDEPENDENTS AND THE DOMINANT PROTECTIVE AGENCY 68
PROHIBITION AND COMPENSATION 69
WHY EVER PROHIBIT’ 71
RETRIBUTIVE AND DETERRENCE THEORIES OF PUNISHMENT 72
DIVIDING THE BENEFITS OF EXCHANGE 74
FEAR AND PROHIBITION 75
WHY NOT ALWAYS PROHIBIT? 80
RISK 82
THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPENSATION 85
PRODUCTIVE EXCHANGE 91
5. The State 97
PROHIBITING PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OF JUSTICE 97
“THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIRNESS” 98
PROCEDURAL RIGHTS 103
HOW MAY THE DOMINANT AGENCY ACT’ 108
THE DE FACTO MONOPOLY 113
PROTECTING OTHERS 115
THE STATE 118
THE INVISIBLE-HAND EXPLANATION OF THE STATE 122
6. Further Considerations on the Argument for the State 125
STOPPING THE PROCESS? 125
PREEMPTIVE ATTACK 129
BEHAVIOR IN THE PROCESS 133
LEGITIMACY 136
THE RIGHT OF ALL TO PUNISH 139
PREVENTIVE RESTRAINT 143
PART II: Beyond the Minimal State? 148
7. Distributive Justice 149
SECTION I: 150
THE ENTITLEMENT THEORY 150
HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES AND END-RESULT PRINCIPLES 152
PATTERNING 154
HOW LIBERTY UPSETS PATTERNS 158
SEN’S ARGUMENT 161
REDISTRIBUTION AND PROPERTY RIGHTS 163
LOCKE’S THEORY OF ACQUISITION 169
THE PROVISO 172
SECTION II: 175
RAWLS’ THEORY 175
SOCIAL COOPERATION 176
TERMS OF COOPERATION AND THE DIFFERENCE PRINCIPLE 180
THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND END-RESULT PRINCIPLES 186
MACRO AND MICRO 191
NATURAL ASSETS AND ARBITRARINESS 198
THE POSITIVE ARGUMENT 201
THE NEGATIVE ARGUMENT 208
COLLECTIVE ASSETS 211
8. Equality, Envy, Exploitation, Etc. 219
EQUALITY 219
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY 221
SELF-ESTEEM AND ENVY 224
MEANINGFUL WORK 229
WORKERS’ CONTROL 233
MARXIAN EXPLOITATION 235
VOLUNTARY EXCHANGE 243
PHILANTHROPY 245
HAVING A SAY OVER WHAT AFFECTS YOU 248
THE NONNEUTRAL STATE 250
HOW REDISTRIBUTION OPERATES 252
9. Demoktesis 257
CONSISTENCY AND PARALLEL EXAMPLES 257
THE MORE-THAN-MINIMAL STATE DERIVED 260
HYPOTHETICAL HISTORIES 270
PART III: Utopia 273
10. A Framework for Utopia 274
THE MODEL 274
THE MODEL PROJECTED ONTO OUR WORLD 281
THE FRAMEWORK 283
DESIGN DEVICES AND FILTER DEVICES 286
THE FRAMEWORK AS UTOPIAN COMMON GROUND 289
COMMUNITY AND NATION 291
COMMUNITIES WHICH CHANGE 293
TOTAL COMMUNITIES 294
UTOPIAN MEANS AND ENDS 295
HOW UTOPIA WORKS OUT 300
UTOPIA AND THE MINIMAL STATE 301
Notes 306
Bibliography 321
Index 326

"First published in response to John Rawls' A Theory of Justice, Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia has since ingrained itself in contemporary political debates as one of the defining texts in classic libertarian thought. Challenging and ultimately rejecting liberal, socialist, and conservative agendas, Nozick boldly asserts that the rights of individuals are violated as a state's responsibilities increase--and the only way to avoid these violations rests in the creation of a minimalist state limited to protection against force, fraud, theft, and the enforcement of contracts. Translated into 100 languages, winner of the National Book Award, and named one of the 100 most influential books since World War II by the Times Literary Supplement, Anarchy, State, and Utopia remains one of the most theoretically trenchant and philosophically rich defenses of economic liberalism to date. With a new foreword by Thomas Nagel, this revised edition will introduce Nozick and his work to a new generation of readers"--Back cover

**Anarchy, State, and Utopia** is a 1974 book by the American political philosopher Robert Nozick. 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 influential books since the war" (1945–1995) by the UK *Times Literary Supplement*.
In opposition to *A Theory of Justice* (1971) by John Rawls, and in debate with Michael Walzer,[3] Nozick argues in favor of a minimal state, "limited to the narrow functions of protection against force, theft, fraud, enforcement of contracts, and so on." When a state takes on more responsibilities than these, Nozick argues, rights will be violated. To support the idea of the minimal state, Nozick presents an argument that illustrates how the minimalist state arises naturally from anarchy and how any expansion of state power past this minimalist threshold is unjustified.
(Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy,_State,_and_Utopia))

The foundational text of libertarian thought, named one of the 100 Most Influential Books since World War II ( Times Literary Supplement)
First published in response to John Rawls' A Theory of Justice , Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia has since become one of the defining texts in classic libertarian thought. Challenging and ultimately rejecting liberal, socialist, and conservative agendas, Nozick boldly asserts that the rights of individuals are violated as a state's responsibilities increase—and the only way to avoid these violations rests in the creation of a minimalist state limited to protection against force, fraud, theft, and the enforcement of contracts.
Winner of the 1975 National Book Award, Anarchy, State and Utopia remains one of the most philosophically rich defenses of economic liberalism to date. With a new foreword by Thomas Nagel, this revised edition introduces Nozick and his work to a new generation of readers.

<p>Translated into 100 languages, winner of the National Book Award, and named one of the 100 Most Influential Books since World War II by the <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>, <i>Anarchy, State and Utopia</i> remains one of the most theoretically trenchant and philosophically rich defenses of economic liberalism to date, as well as a foundational text in classical libertarian thought. With a new introduction by the philosopher Thomas Nagel, this revised edition will introduce Nozick and his work to a new generation of readers.</p>

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 of our age?liberal, socialist, and conservative

"A major event in contemporary political philosophy."-Peter Singer, The New York Review of Books

Literaturverz. S. 355 - 360

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