Anarchy, State, and Utopia (Blackwell reprint of the 1974 edition)

Robert Nozick · c. 1974

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Taxing earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor

Their wordsTaxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor.
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A socialist society would have to forbid capitalist acts between consenting adults

Their wordsThe socialist society would have to forbid capitalist acts between consenting adults.
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Whatever arises from a just situation by just steps is itself just

Their wordsWhatever arises from a just situation by just steps is itself just.
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The state may not coerce some citizens to aid others, or restrict people for their own good

Their wordsTwo noteworthy implications are that the state may not use its coercive apparatus for the purpose of getting some citizens to aid others, or in order to prohibit activities to people for their own good or protection.
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Individuals are inviolable

Their wordsIndividuals are inviolable.
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Seizing the results of someone's labor is like seizing hours of their life

Their wordsSeizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him and directing him to carry on various activities.
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The experience machine shows that something besides experience matters to us

Their wordsWe learn that something matters to us in addition to experience by imagining an experience machine and then realizing that we would not use it.
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Things come into the world already attached to people with entitlements over them

Their wordsThings come into the world already attached to people having entitlements over them.

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