Anarchy, State, and the Environment
2013
Humanity faces some severe problems when dealing with the environment: rising
temperatures, sea levels and concentrations of pollutants in the air. State intervention seems almost
unavoidable when dealing with these kinds of problems. Robert Nozick was extremely careful when it
came to delegating power to the state. The question that is asked and answered in this paper is what
limitations of Nozick’s theory are exposed by environmental problems and how this theory can be
adjusted to deal with these problems. Nozick’s theory turns out to be surprisingly flexible. The
Lockean proviso can be used to deal with co2 emissions, the principle of fairness to implement preventive measures.
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