Robert Nozick : property, justice and the minimal state / Jonathan Wolff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolff, Jonathan, 1959-

Series:

Key contemporary thinkers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nozick, Robert. Anarchy, state and utopia.

Nozick, Robert.

State, The.

Civil rights.

Anarchism.

Human rights.

Utopias.

Physical Description:

ix, 168 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1991.

Summary:

This book is the first full-length study of Nozick's work and of the debates to which it has given rise. Wolff situates Norzick's work in the context of current debates and examines the traditions which have influenced his thought. He then critically reconstructs the key arguments of Anarchy, State, and Utopia. Focusing on Nozick's doctrine of rights, his derivation of the minimal state, and his Entitlement Theory of Justice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-163) and index.

ISBN:

0804718555

0804718563

OCLC:

23712597