American philosopher Robert Nozick may not be a household name, but his intellectual contributions to the liberty movement cannot be overstated. Nozick, who passed away in 2002, was born on this date ...

For Harvard philosophy professor Robert Nozick, who has died of stomach cancer aged 63, the welfare state was a form of theft, and taxation tantamount to forced labour. His book, Anarchy, State And ...

One definition of a liberal is a person who supports individual rights and opposes arbitrary power. But that does not tell you which rights matter. For example, some campaigners say they want to ...

Mob justice also defeats the Aristotelian formulation of distributive justice by indiscriminately killing or injuring every alleged offender, whether minor, female or the aged. Rawls’ equal liberty ...

Professor Robert Nozick, who has died aged 63, was the greatest American philosopher since William James; his influence extended far beyond the academic world, most famously with his powerful critique ...