Anarchy, State, and Utopia
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a seminal 1974 work of political philosophy that defends a minimal libertarian state and critiques theories of distributive justice such as Rawls’s.
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| Anarchy, State, and Utopia canonical | 5 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anarchy, State, and Utopia Context triple: [Robert Nozick, notableWork, Anarchy, State, and Utopia]
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A.
Four Essays on Liberty
Four Essays on Liberty is a collection of political philosophy essays by Isaiah Berlin that explores concepts of freedom, particularly his influential distinction between negative and positive liberty.
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B.
The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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C.
Two Concepts of Liberty
Two Concepts of Liberty is Isaiah Berlin’s influential 1958 essay that distinguishes between and analyzes the political and philosophical implications of “negative” and “positive” liberty.
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D.
A Theory of Justice
A Theory of Justice is a landmark work of political philosophy that develops a liberal theory of justice based on the principles that would be chosen behind a “veil of ignorance” in an original position of equality.
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E.
The Constitution of Liberty
The Constitution of Liberty is a 1960 political philosophy book by economist Friedrich Hayek that defends classical liberalism, the rule of law, and individual freedom against collectivist and interventionist doctrines.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anarchy, State, and Utopia Target entity description: Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a seminal 1974 work of political philosophy that defends a minimal libertarian state and critiques theories of distributive justice such as Rawls’s.
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A.
Four Essays on Liberty
Four Essays on Liberty is a collection of political philosophy essays by Isaiah Berlin that explores concepts of freedom, particularly his influential distinction between negative and positive liberty.
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B.
The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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C.
Two Concepts of Liberty
Two Concepts of Liberty is Isaiah Berlin’s influential 1958 essay that distinguishes between and analyzes the political and philosophical implications of “negative” and “positive” liberty.
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D.
A Theory of Justice
A Theory of Justice is a landmark work of political philosophy that develops a liberal theory of justice based on the principles that would be chosen behind a “veil of ignorance” in an original position of equality.
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E.
The Constitution of Liberty
The Constitution of Liberty is a 1960 political philosophy book by economist Friedrich Hayek that defends classical liberalism, the rule of law, and individual freedom against collectivist and interventionist doctrines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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work of political philosophy ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
philosophy
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political science ⓘ |
| advocates |
minimal state
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night-watchman state ⓘ |
| argues |
a minimal state can arise without violating rights
ⓘ
strong individual rights constrain the state ⓘ |
| author | Robert Nozick ⓘ |
| awarded |
National Book Award for Philosophy and Religion
ⓘ
linked to:
National Book Award for Arts and Letters
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticizes |
A Theory of Justice
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John Rawls ⓘ distributive justice theories ⓘ |
| describedAs | seminal work of libertarian political philosophy ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre | political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | over 300 pages ⓘ |
| hasPart |
section Anarchy
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section State ⓘ section Utopia ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary libertarianism
ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Locke
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classical liberalism ⓘ |
| ISBN | 978-0-465-09720-3 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
distributive justice
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libertarianism ⓘ minimal state ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
entitlement theory
ⓘ
experience machine thought experiment ⓘ |
| opposes |
end-state principles of justice
ⓘ
patterned principles of justice ⓘ redistributive state ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
classical liberalism
ⓘ
linked to:
Liberalism
libertarianism ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1974 ⓘ |
| publicationPlace | New York City ⓘ |
| publisher | Basic Books ⓘ |
| supports |
entitlement theory of justice
ⓘ
historical principles of justice ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
academic readers
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students of political philosophy ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
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