{"product_id":"anarchy-state-and-utopia-paperback-softback-9780631197805","title":"Anarchy State and Utopia (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631197805","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAnarchy State and Utopia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Nozick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631197805, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 January 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.595 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...This book is the best piece of sustained analytical argument in political philosophy to have appeared for a very long time.\" \u003ci\u003eMind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...complex, sophisticated and ingenious.\" \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRobert Nozick's \u003ci\u003eAnarchy, State, and Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, philosophical challenge to the most widely held political and social positions of our age -- liberal, socialist and conservative.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Individuals have rights,\" Nozick writes in his opening sentence, \"and there are things no person or group may do to them without violating their rights.\" The work that follows is a sophisticated and passionate defence of the rights of the individual as opposed to the state.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author argues that the state is justified only when it is severely limited to the narrow function of protection against force, theft and fraud and to the enforcement of contracts. Any more extensive activities by the state, he demonstrates, will inevitably violate individual rights.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong the many achievements of the work are an important new theory of distributive justice, a model of utopia, and an integration of ethics, legal philosophy and economic theory into a profound position in political philosophy which will be discussed for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52449451540760,"sku":"9780631197805","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631197805.jpg?v=1785199874","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/anarchy-state-and-utopia-paperback-softback-9780631197805","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}