Abstract:This chapter investigates the claims of natural rights theorists, in particular John Locke and Robert Nozick, that a liberal state can be derived from natural rights. These theorists conclude that the...This chapter investigates the claims of natural rights theorists, in particular John Locke and Robert Nozick, that a liberal state can be derived from natural rights. These theorists conclude that the state’s central role is to reduce, eliminate, or redress harm, but they do not deal with the nature of harm except abstractly.Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-10-15
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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