Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Nozick, Robert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Foreword by Thomas Nagel Preface Acknowledgments PART I: State-of Nature Theory, or How to Back into a State without Really Trying

1. Why State-of-Nature Theory?

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY EXPLANATORY POLITICAL THEORY

2. The State of Nature

PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS THE DOMINANT PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION INVISIBLE-HAND EXPLANATIONS IS THE DOMINANT PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION A STATE?

3. Moral Constraints and the State

THE MINIMAL STATE AND THE ULTRAMINIMAL STATE MORAL CONSTRAINTS AND MORAL GOALS WHY SIDE CONSTRAINTS/ LIBERTARIAN CONSTRAINTS CONSTRAINTS AND ANIMALS THE EXPERIENCE MACHINE UNDERDETERMINATION OF MORAL THEORY WHAT ARE CONSTRAINTS BASED UPON? THE INDIVIDUALIST ANARCHIST

4. Prohibition, Compensation, and Risk

INDEPENDENTS AND THE DOMINANT PROTECTIVE AGENCY PROHIBITION AND COMPENSATION WHY EVER PROHIBIT’ RETRIBUTIVE AND DETERRENCE THEORIES OF PUNISHMENT DIVIDING THE BENEFITS OF EXCHANGE FEAR AND PROHIBITION WHY NOT ALWAYS PROHIBIT? RISK THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPENSATION PRODUCTIVE EXCHANGE

5. The State

PROHIBITING PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OF JUSTICE “THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIRNESS” PROCEDURAL RIGHTS HOW MAY THE DOMINANT AGENCY ACT’ THE DE FACTO MONOPOLY PROTECTING OTHERS THE STATE THE INVISIBLE-HAND EXPLANATION OF THE STATE

6. Further Considerations on the Argument for the State

STOPPING THE PROCESS? PREEMPTIVE ATTACK BEHAVIOR IN THE PROCESS LEGITIMACY THE RIGHT OF ALL TO PUNISH PREVENTIVE RESTRAINT

PART II: Beyond the Minimal State?

7. Distributive Justice

SECTION I:

THE ENTITLEMENT THEORY HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES AND END-RESULT PRINCIPLES PATTERNING HOW LIBERTY UPSETS PATTERNS SEN’S ARGUMENT REDISTRIBUTION AND PROPERTY RIGHTS LOCKE’S THEORY OF ACQUISITION THE PROVISO

SECTION II:

RAWLS’ THEORY SOCIAL COOPERATION TERMS OF COOPERATION AND THE DIFFERENCE PRINCIPLE THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND END-RESULT PRINCIPLES MACRO AND MICRO NATURAL ASSETS AND ARBITRARINESS THE POSITIVE ARGUMENT THE NEGATIVE ARGUMENT COLLECTIVE ASSETS

8. Equality, Envy, Exploitation, Etc.

EQUALITY EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY SELF-ESTEEM AND ENVY MEANINGFUL WORK WORKERS’ CONTROL MARXIAN EXPLOITATION VOLUNTARY EXCHANGE PHILANTHROPY HAVING A SAY OVER WHAT AFFECTS YOU THE NONNEUTRAL STATE HOW REDISTRIBUTION OPERATES

9. Demoktesis

CONSISTENCY AND PARALLEL EXAMPLES THE MORE-THAN-MINIMAL STATE DERIVED HYPOTHETICAL HISTORIES

PART III: Utopia

10. A Framework for Utopia

THE MODEL THE MODEL PROJECTED ONTO OUR WORLD THE FRAMEWORK DESIGN DEVICES AND FILTER DEVICES THE FRAMEWORK AS UTOPIAN COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY AND NATION COMMUNITIES WHICH CHANGE TOTAL COMMUNITIES UTOPIAN MEANS AND ENDS HOW UTOPIA WORKS OUT UTOPIA AND THE MINIMAL STATE

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