Nozick’s Failed Defense of the Just State

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.

Volume 21, Number 1 (2007)