Robert Nozick Flashcards
1
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Key thinker for
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The new right
2
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Key text
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‘Anarchy, state and utopia’
3
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Human nature
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Individuals strive to reach their full potential
4
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State
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Saw the growth of the state a great threat to individual freedom and that the welfare state was causing a dependancy culture,
As a libertarian-state should leave people alone economically and on social issues.
Argued for a minarchist state
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Society
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Argued society predated the state.
In society he argued self-sufficient communities will arise - these may not conform to Christian, Conservative values.
