In this paper, I argue that Nozick fails to adequately defend the claim that a just state would arise from a Lockean state of nature by a process which need not violate libertarian rights. In particular, I argue that the state-creating processes cited by Nozick are antithetical to the enforcement rights (those rights such as self-defense and the exacting of just restitution) of persons.
Nozick’s Failed Defense of the Just State
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Roark, Eric. “Nozick’s Failed Defense of the Just State.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 21, No. 1 (2007): 5–39.
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