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To Be Governed

I reread this gem and enjoyed it so much I felt I ought to share it. From P. J. Proudhon, but quoted in Nozick’s Anarchy, State and Utopia: To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, … Continue reading

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Applied Nozick: Finessing The Entitlement Theory

Richard Epstein uses Robert Nozick’s entitlement theory of justice to interpret the ideology behind the financial meltdown. From Epstein’s latest Forbes column:  Behind this lending fiasco lay the strong collective preference for the “patterned principles” of justice that Robert Nozick … Continue reading

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