My second premise is that the state should have minimal involvement in our daily lives and only exist for the purpose of protecting our rights and freedoms. Robert Nozick, was a philosopher who similarly to Locke agreed that people have a natural right to life, liberty and security. He introduced the idea of a “minimal state”. This is a state in which the role of the government is to act as a “night watchman” and is established to protect citizens against violence, burglary, and scams. Nozick, states in his novel Anarchy, State, and Utopia, “The minimal state is the most extensive state that can be justified. Any state more extensive violates people’s rights” (H.B. McCullough, page 78). The justification for the minimal state arrives from the
