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    Challenges→Liberties of speech, association, worship, and choice of profession are more important than liberties such as driving the wrong way on a one-way street, not wearing a seat belt, or disposing of gross income freely.

    Economic liberties, including disposal of gross income, are constitutive of self-authorship and property rights no less than expressive liberties, as Nozick argues in Anarchy, State, and Utopia.

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    Anarchy, State, and Utopia(as the specific work being referenced)
    A famous 1974 philosophy book by Nozick that argues for minimal government and explores what an ideal society might look like based on individual rights.
    Disposal of gross income(as an example of economic liberty)
    The right to decide what to do with all the money you earn before taxes or other deductions.
    Economic liberties(as part of the statement's main subject)
    Freedom to earn money, spend it, save it, or give it away without government interference.
    Expressive liberties(as a comparison to economic liberties)
    Freedoms to speak, write, create art, and share your beliefs and ideas publicly.
    Robert Nozick(named as a key figure in individualist philosophy)

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    An American philosopher (1938-2002) who argued that individuals have strong rights to their property and freedom, and that governments should be minimal and not redistribute wealth.
    Self-authorship(as used in theories of freedom and responsibility)
    The idea that you are truly in control of your own choices and decisions, rather than being controlled by outside forces.
    constitutive of(as used in metaphysics)
    Something that is essential to making something what it is—if you remove it, the thing is no longer that thing.

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