Anarchy State and Utopia - Couverture souple

Nozick, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 063119780X ISBN 13 : 9780631197805

Editeur : Wiley–Blackwell, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Nozick Robert

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Robert Nozick′s Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a powerful,philosophical challenge to the most widely held political andsocial positions of our age –– liberal, socialist andconservative.

"Individuals have rights," Nozick writes in his openingsentence, "and there are things no person or group may do to themwithout violating their rights." The work that follows is asophisticated and passionate defence of the rights of theindividual as opposed to the state.

The author argues that the state is justified only when it isseverely limited to the narrow function of protection againstforce, theft and fraud and to the enforcement of contracts. Anymore extensive activities by the state, he demonstrates, willinevitably violate individual rights.

Among the many achievements of the work are an important newtheory of distributive justice, a model of utopia, and anintegration of ethics, legal philosophy and economic theory into aprofound position in political philosophy which will be discussedfor years to come.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Robert Nozick (1938-2002) was the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. The author of numerous books including The Examined Life and Philosophical Explanations, Nozick was the recipient of the National Book Award for Anarchy, State, and Utopia.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley–Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 063119780X
• ISBN 13: 9780631197805
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384