Anarchy, State, and Utopia, (Paperback)

from brleach

Nozick so fundamentally misreads Rawls that the majority of this book is worthless as a result. He makes two grievous errors: (1) he entirely ignores the first principle, which results in his failure to realize that fundamental individual rights and liberties are prior to the second principle (2)...

from LisaMaria_C

This is a work of political philosophy arguing for minimal government, the libertarian counterpart and answer to the liberal John Rawls' A Theory of Justice. This is as far from a popular treatment of the subject (such as say Ayn Rand or the like) as you can get. In other words, yes, this is the ...

from drbrand

The minimal state treats us as inviolate individuals, who may not be used in certain ways by others as means or tools or instruments or resources; it treats us as persons having individual rights with the dignity this constitutes. Treating us with respect by respecting our rights, it allows us, i...

from johnygoodman

Many men of the left, myself included, have just as much admiration of this book as the average libertarian - we just think that its arguments are wrong. Nozick was a brilliant, imaginative and convincing philosopher, and in this book some of his most famous and long-lasting thought experiments a...

from MathMaverick

Amazing book! Nozick's range of knowledge is amazing. He shows that a minimal state is reasonable (very well done and easy to follows). Similarly, he shows that a more advanced state does not reasonable follow. Utopia is another issues altogether and his writing certainly got me rethinking. A gre...