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Winner of the 1975 national book award, this brilliant and widely acclaimed book is a powerful philosophical challenge to the most widely held political and. The foundational text of libertarian thought, named one of the 100 most influential books since world war ii times literary supplementfirst published in response to john rawls a theory of justice, robert nozicks anarchy, state, and utopia has become a defining text of classic libertarian thought. In anarchy, nozick attacks anarchist thought and demonstrates that some form of state is necessary to safeguard rights. It won the 1975 us national book award in category philosophy and religion, 1 has been translated into 11 languages, and was named one of the 100 most influential books since the war 19451995 by the uk times literary supplement. When times are hard and governments are looking for ways to reduce expenditure, a book like anarchy, state, and utopia is about the last thing we need. This book examines the general liberal aspiration of neutrality whilst moving discussion of nozicks moral and political philosophy on from anarchy, state and utopia. Anarchy, state, and utopia audiobook by robert nozick.
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A lot of the time, reading anarchy, state and utopia feels like needing to hang up on a call from a lonely old relative, but not having the heart to do so. Anarchy, state, and utopia by robert nozick goodreads. In the state section, he extends his argument to argue that only a minimal state is justified. Nozicks second book, philosophical explanations, was given the ralph waldo emerson award of.
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