Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 07:39:47 -0500 (EST)
From: "Chris M. Sciabarra" <sciabrrc-AT-is2.NYU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Nozick


On Wed, 29 Nov 1995, Charles K. MacKay wrote:

> Agreed, and ** all ** libertarianism falls before the argument that 
> any group, or sub-group, of people has the liberty to form a 
> socialist community. (Unless the libertarians want dictatorial 
> libertarianism, militarily enforced -- "Live Free or we'll make sure 
> you die!") 

	Disagreed... libertarians support the voluntary formation of ANY 
community, socialist or otherwise.  They would have no reason to 
ethically reject a fully socialist society IF it were formed along 
voluntarist lines.

> I still see A,S, and U praised by, e.g., Quine, and at least Nozick 
> tried to go beyond Randian rhetoric. I was unaware that he had 
> Repented. 

	Yes, Nozick stepped back from his libertarianism, but his actual 
critique of Rand, republished in a book called READING NOZICK, (the 
article is "On the Randian Argument") is not all that good.  It is 
answered decisively in that book by Den Uyl and Rasmussen (in an article 
entitled, "Nozick on the Randian Argument".)  The volume itself is 
useful, and was published by Rowman & Littlefield, edited by Jeffrey Paul.

					- Chris
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