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Foerster LECTURE SERIES

The Place of Consciousness

Robert Nozick, Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University

March 19, 1998

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.