as a young man I thought the ideal philosophical argument was one with the following property: someone who understood its premises and did not accept… - Robert Nozick

Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights). So strong and far-reaching are these rights that they raise the question of what, if anything, the state and its officials may do. How much room do individual rights leave for the state?

It goes without saying that any persons may attempt to unite kindred spirits, but, whatever their hopes and longings, none have the right to impose their vision of unity upon the rest.

Political philosophers now must either work within Rawls' theory or explain why not.