Robert Nozick
Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University
Foerster Lectures on the Immortality of the Soul
March 19, 1998University of California, Berkeley — UC Berkeley Campus
About Robert Nozick
Robert Nozick was an American philosopher and professor at Harvard University. He was a prominent political professor in America in the 70s and 80s and researched decision theory and epistemology. He wrote Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974) as a libertarian answer to John Rawl’s A Theory of Justice (1971). His book argues that a distribution of goods is just if brought about by free exchange among consenting adults and from a just starting position, even if large inequalities subsequently emerge from the process.