Robert Nozick

by Edited by David Schmidtz

• ISBN13: 9780521782265
• ISBN10: 0521782260
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-07
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This is an introductory volume to Robert Nozick, one of the dominant philosophical thinkers of the current age. It is part of a new series, Contemporary Philosophy in Focus. Each volume in the series will consist of newly commissioned essays that will cover all the major contributions of a preeminent philosopher in a systematic and accessible manner. Robert Nozick is one of the most creative and individual philosophical voices of the last 25 years. His most famous book, Anarchy, State and Utopia (1974), presents the classic defense of the libertarian view that only a minimal state is just. Nozick has also made significant contributions in later publications to such areas as rational choice theory, ethics, epistemology and philosophy of mind. Outside philosophy the book will be of particular interest to professionals and students in political science, law, economics, sociology and psychology.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	viii
Contributors	ix
Introduction	1	(9)
David Schmidtz
The Justification of Political Authority	10	(24)
David Miller
Projects and Property	34	(25)
John T. Sanders
Nozick's Libertarian Utopia	59	(24)
Loren E. Lomasky
Non-Consequentialism and Political Philosophy	83	(22)
Philip Pettit
Goals, Symbols, Principles: Nozick on Practical Rationality	105	(26)
Gerald F. Gaus
Nozick on Knowledge and Skepticism	131	(24)
Michael Williams
Nozick on Free Will	155	(20)
Michael E. Bratman
How to Make Something of Yourself	175	(24)
Elijah Millgram
The Meanings of Life	199	(18)
David Schmidtz
Bibliography	217	(2)
Index	219