On Nozick

Name: On Nozick
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ISBN: 9780534252335

ISBN-10: 0534252338

ISBN-13: 9780534252335

Edition: 2004

Authors: Edward Feser

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ON NOZICK, like other titles in the Wadsworth Philosopher's Series, offers a concise, yet comprehensive, introduction to this philosopher's most important ideas. Presenting the most important insights of well over a hundred seminal philosophers in both the Eastern and Western traditions, the Wadsworth Philosophers Series contains volumes written by scholars noted for their excellence in teaching and for their well-versed comprehension of each featured philosopher's major works and contributions. These titles have proven valuable in a number of ways. Serving as standalone texts when tackling a philosophers' original sources or as helpful resources for focusing philosophy students'…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 3/27/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 104
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Edward Feser is Philosophy Instructor in the Social Sciences Division, Pasadena City College. He is author of On Nozick (2003) and Philosophy of Mind: A Short Introduction (2005).



Preface


Nozick and Political Philosophy


Libertarianism


What Libertarianism Is (and What It Isn't)


The Varieties of Libertarianism


Pragmatic Arguments for Libertarianism


The "Invisible Hand" of the Market


The "Dead Hand" of the State


Cultural Evolution


Libertarianism and Other 'Isms'


Individual Rights


The Grounds, Nature and Implications of Rights


Kant's Second Categorical Imperative


The Thesis of Self-Ownership


Lockean Natural Rights


The Minimal State


Libertarianism With Foundations


The Priority of Self-Ownership


Cohen's Critique


Deeper Foundations?


The Burden of Proof


From Anarchy to the Minimal State


The Anarchist Challenge


Law and Order in the State of Nature


The Dominant Protective Association


The Ultra-Minimal State


Prohibition and Compensation


The "Immaculate Conception" of the State


Distributive Justice and Private Property


The Entitlement Theory of Justice


The Three Principles of Justice in Holdings


Classification of Theories of Distributive Justice


The "Wilt Chamberlain" Argument


Patterns vs. Liberty


The Critique of Rawls


Taxation, Forced Labor, and Theft


Self-Ownership vs. Taxation


"Taxation is Theft"


Property Rights


The Lockean Proviso


The Burden of Proof (Again)


The Best of All Possible Worlds


Utopia


The Framework


Bibliography