Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights).

Quote by Robert Nozick

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From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.

From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.

Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a...

Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a...

Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a...

Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a...

Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and...

Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and...

I guess my tendency is to think essentially that the new wrinkles won't do the...

I guess my tendency is to think essentially that the new wrinkles won't do the...

The scientists often have more unfettered imaginations than current philosophers do. Relativity theory came as...

The scientists often have more unfettered imaginations than current philosophers do. Relativity theory came as...

There is no justifiable prediction about how the hypothesis will hold up in the future;...

There is no justifiable prediction about how the hypothesis will hold up in the future;...

I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about...

I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about...

It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also...

It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also...

The fact that we don't keep repeating tests in the same arena is not because...

The fact that we don't keep repeating tests in the same arena is not because...

Certainly the emphasis I place in this chapter on coordination of behavior and cooperation to...

Certainly the emphasis I place in this chapter on coordination of behavior and cooperation to...

What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how...

What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how...

There is no social entity with a good that undergoes some sacrifice for its own...

There is no social entity with a good that undergoes some sacrifice for its own...

Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various...

Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various...

Whoever makes something having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the...

Whoever makes something having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the...

It's the level that allows us each to live our own chosen lives. But I...

It's the level that allows us each to live our own chosen lives. But I...

From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.

From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other...

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other...

Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he...

Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he...

The greatest justice in life is to be who one is.

The greatest justice in life is to be who one is.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.