Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Introduction: analytic philosophy -- Changes of interest -- Nozick's change of approach: proof and explanation -- Coercion -- Explanation and understanding -- Truth and the aim of philosophy -- The unity of Nozick's philosophy -- Summary -- 2 Anarchy, State, and Utopia: the moral basis -- Introduction -- The role of the individual -- The basis of rights -- Animals and angels -- Welfarist criticisms of Nozick -- Libertarian criticisms of Nozick -- The nature of rights -- The theory of justice I: justice in transfer -- Blurring the distinction -- The theory of justice II: justice in acquisition and Locke's proviso -- The theory of justice III: rectification and compensation -- Nozick on Rawls -- Summary -- 3 Anarchy, State, and Utopia: the political outcome -- Introduction -- Explaining and justifying: the program -- The execution I: the state of nature -- The execution II: growth of the state -- Practical objections -- Objections of principle I: transitivity and compensation -- Objections of principle II: procedural rights and incomplete knowledge -- Utopia I: the framework -- Utopia II: objections -- Summary -- 4 The later ethics and politics -- Introduction -- Ethics and motivation -- Value as organic unity -- Value and disvalue -- Organic unity as value -- Some criticisms -- The basis of value -- The ethical pull -- Deontology and teleology: rights -- The is/ought question -- Political implications: symbolic utility -- Summary -- 5 Epistemology -- Introduction: internalism and externalism -- Outline of Nozick's theory -- Counterfactuals -- Scepticism and closure -- The price that Nozick pays -- Some criticisms of Nozick -- Internalism and externalism again -- Evidence -- Summary -- 6 Rationality -- Introduction: rationality in general.

Principles and their uses -- Practical rationality in the dissertation -- Decision theory I: the first two discussions -- Decision theory II: the third discussion -- Decision theory III: symbolic utility again -- Belief and acceptance -- Evolution and its role -- Types and limits of rationality -- Summary -- 7 Metaphysics I: personal identity -- Introduction: identity in general -- Nozick's theory -- Personal identity I: general considerations -- Personal identity II: ties and caring -- Personal identity III: closeness -- Interlude: the unity of Nozick's philosophy -- Personal identity IV: the nature of the self -- Summary -- 8 Metaphysics II: explaining existence -- Introduction: "Why is there something rather than nothing?" -- Nozick's approach -- Fecundity -- Self-subsumption -- Limited fecundity -- Wedin's criticisms -- Summary -- 9 Metaphysics III: free will and retribution -- Introduction -- The indeterministic approach -- Tracking again -- Retribution -- Summary -- 10 The meaning of life -- Introduction: conditions for meaningfulness -- Ein Sof and its problems -- Self-subsumption again -- The dialectic of meaning and value -- Conclusion: philosophy and the arts and sciences -- Summary -- Guide to further reading -- Bibliography -- Index.