The Cambridge Companion to Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia [Hardcover]

This Companion presents a detailed assessment of Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia and analyses its contribution to political philosophy.This Companion presents a balanced and comprehensive assessment of Nozick's classic contribution to political philosophy. Contributors analyse Nozick's ideas from a variety of perspectives and assess the impact and enduring influence of his work. The volume will be invaluable to students and scholars in both political philosophy and political theory.This Companion presents a balanced and comprehensive assessment of Nozick's classic contribution to political philosophy. Contributors analyse Nozick's ideas from a variety of perspectives and assess the impact and enduring influence of his work. The volume will be invaluable to students and scholars in both political philosophy and political theory.Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974) is recognised as a classic of modern political philosophy. Along with John Rawls's A Theory of Justice (1971), it is widely credited with breathing new life into the discipline in the second half of the twentieth century. This Companion presents a balanced and comprehensive assessment of Nozick's contribution to political philosophy. In engaging and accessible chapters, the contributors analyse Nozick's ideas from a variety of perspectives and explore neglected areas of the work such as his discussion of anarchism and his theory of utopia. Their detailed and illuminating picture of Anarchy, State, and Utopia, its impact and its enduring influence will be invaluable to students and scholars in both political philosophy and political theory.Introduction Ralf M. Bader and John Meadowcroft; Part I. Morality: 1. Side constraints, Lockean individual rights, and the moral basis of libertarianism Richard Arneson; 2. Are deontological constraints irrational? Michael Otsuka; 3. What we learn from the experience machine Fred Feldman; Part II. Anarchy: 4. Nozickian arguments for the more-than-minimal sl³g