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Book SynopsisRobert Nozicka s Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a powerful, philosophical challenge to the most widely held political and social positions of our age ---- liberal, socialist and conservative.
Trade Review"...This book is the best piece of sustained analytical argument in political philosophy to have appeared for a very long time."
Mind "...complex, sophisticated and ingenious." Economist
Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. PART I: State-of-Nature Theory, or How to Back into a State without Really Trying. 1. Why State-of-Nature Theory?. 2. The State of Nature. 3. Moral Constraints and the State. 4. Prohibition, Compensation, and Risk. 5. The State. 6. Further Considerations on the Argument for the State. PART II: Beyond the Minimal State?. 7. Distributive Justice. 8. Equality, Envy, Exploitation, Etc. 9. Demoktesis. PART III: Utopia. 10. A Framework for Utopia. Notes. Bibliography. Index
