Robert Nozick

• what kind of conservative is Nozick?

  New right
• what is Nozick’s view of human nature?

  • self-ownership and reason
  • individuals should be left to pursue their own choices in a dignified way
• what is Nozick’s view of society?

  there are only individual people within their own lives
• What is Nozick’s view on the economy?

  free market with the smallest possible state. Taxation for welfare is forced labour
• Nozick’s view of the state

  the state should be small and confined to national security, enforcing contracts and law and order