Table of Contents

1. The political needs of a toolmaking animal: Madison, Hamilton, Locke, and the question of property Paul A. Rahe; 2. Natural rights and imperial constitutionalism: the American Revolution and the development of the American amalgam Michael Zuckert; 3. There is no such thing as an unjust initial acquisition Edward Feser; 4. Nozick and Locke: filling the space of rights Jeremy Waldron; 5. Toward a theory of empirical natural rights John Hasnas; 6. History and pattern David Schmidtz; 7. Libertarianism at Twin Harvard Loren E. Lomasky; 8. Sidney Hook, Robert Nozick, and the paradoxes of freedom John Patrick Diggins; 9. Begging the question with style: Anarchy, State, and Utopia at thirty years Barbara H. Fried; 10. The shape of Lockean rights: fairness, pareto, moderation, and consent Richard J. Arneson; 11. One step beyond Nozick's minimal state: the role of forced exchanges in political theory Richard A. Epstein; 12. Natural rights and political legitimacy Christopher W. Morris; 13. Consent theory for libertarians A. John Simmons; 14. Prerogatives, restrictions, and rights Eric Mack.

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This collection of essays is dedicated to the memory of the Harvard philosopher Robert Nozick.