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Nozick was best known for the critique of the welfare state that he offered in his first book, Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Published in 1974, the work remains highly influential in the ongoing debate on the merits of the welfare system. Nozick argued that the size of the state should be as small as possible, favoring Libertarian policies that do not interfere with individual rights...
Anarchy, State, and Utopia was widely influential in the fields of philosophy and political science, as well as having a broad popular appeal. The book, praised for both its thorough argumentation and its accessible writing style, won Nozick a National Book Award...
...course there are occasions when such limitations are needed to protect other rights: as Pellegrino University Professor Robert Nozick observes in Anarchy, State and Utopia, my property rights in my knife allow me to leave it where I will, but not in your chest. The wealthy, however, don’t infringe on rights just by being wealthy. It’s difficult to show that those with money are responsible for the poverty of those without it; and it’s perhaps equally difficult to prove that poverty is due more to social conditions beyond one?...
...dreams of a day when he and his mediocre clan can have Taliban-like power over the masses, but until then people like me are free to denounce him publicly. As a singer, I rejoice that I would be equally unwelcome under the Taliban or in Pierce's postrevolutionary "utopia." CYNTHIA CLAYTON VASQUEZ Santa Maria, Calif...
Although best known for his 1974 defense of libertarianism and the minimal state in Anarchy, State, and Utopia, Nozick currently appears to be exploring new directions, which may have been inspired by his recent battle against cancer. Three years ago, I was enrolled in his social philosophy class, only to have it cancelled part way through the semester due to his illness. This year, Nozick is opting for more nontraditional classes, co-teaching “Philosophy and History: The Russian Revolution” with Assistant Professor of History Eric Lohr and “Philosophy and Literature: Dostoevsky?...