Does Nozick's justification for a state monopoly on force ultimately boil down to might-makes-right? Would libertarian "protection agencies" go to war over copyright violations?

Here’s the recording for the eleventh session of our Substack philosophy class for paid subscribers (covering Ch. 6 of Nozick’s “Anarchy, State, and Utopia.”). Next Tuesday is my birthday so no class, but we’ll pick up with the first part of Ch. 7 (ending just before “How Liberty Upsets Patterns”) in two weeks!

(Also, remember that this and all the previous class recordings so far can be found here.)

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