Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-360) and index.
Contents
ch. 1. Why state-of-nature theory -- ch. 2. State of nature -- ch. 3. Moral constraints and the state -- ch. 4. Prohibition, compensation, and risk -- ch. 5. State -- ch. 6. Further considerations on the argument for the state -- ch. 7. Distributive justice -- ch. 8. Equality, envy, exploitation, etc. -- ch. 9. Demoktesis -- ch. 10. Framework for utopia.
Awards
National Book Award in Contemporary Affairs, 1975.
Summary
Presents arguments in support of the author's libertarian views on the nature of the state, its legitimate functions, and its justifications.