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On 05/10/2011 06:44 AM, Dan wrote:
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<div><span>In this vein, looking to, say, Robert Nozick's famous
book -- and leaving aside that he doesn't much ground his
views as simply present them and give criticism to opposing
views, such as egalitarianism, socialism, welfare statism,
and market anarchism -- one can see something many
libertarians in America share: a natural rights basis for
their libertarianism. (Usually, talk about self-ownership or
non-initiation of forces leads to the same position. For
example, the non-initiation of force principle has to be
combined with some framework in which force and its
initiation can be defined.</span></div>
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I should have mentioned something which I am sure you know (but
others may not) that Nozick wrote his book partially in response to
the book A Theory Of Justice by John Rawls. Rawls is probably not
as influential now as in prior years but is still worth being
familiar with because occasionally one finds allusions to his ideas
from A Theory Of Justice.<br>
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I think that using the Pan-Critical Rationalism of Bartley can go a
long way towards helping develop a flexible philosophical approach
to political thinking. For those without the time to read The
Retreat to Commitment there is a good summary essay by Max which is
well worth reading. <br>
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Fred<br>
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