Anarchy, State, And Utopia, By Robert Nozick

Robert Nozick was an American philosopher from Harvard University born November 16, 1938. He was the president of the American Philosophical Association and an author of many philosophical books. He is mostly known for his response to John Rawls, A Theory of Justice published in 1971. His response was written in Anarchy, State, and Utopia in 1974 which is considered one of the greatest philosophical writings published. Nozick gives his justification for libertarianism in this work of art. Libertarianism is the idea that the state should have limited power in society while most of the things are controlled by free markets. Our textbook “Exploring Philosophy” sums up Robert Nozicks points best when he says “In treating all goods as through they were unowned and distributing them in accord with some preferred scheme, we ignore the source of these goods in the labor and ingenuity of the people who created them.” Throughout the book Anarchy, State, and Utopia, he goes over a number of topics that he believes will lead to a perfect society. Nozick

This is where he refutes Rawls claims on the topic. he proposes something called the “Entitlement Theory” and his theory consists of three parts: justice of justice in acquisition (what people own and their holdings), principle of justice in transfer (exchange of holdings), and principle of rectification of injustice (illegal trading of holdings). The third principle is needed because the world is not just according to Nozick. He is aware that people steal from each other and there is a lot of fraud in the world. This theory is influenced a lot by John Locke once again; this idea that private property and a free-market economy is the way to go. All of these ideas that Nozick proposes results in a utopian society. He believes that minimal state will create a good society and will give people the freedom to do what they want without needing