The Promise of Liberty
Machan, Tibor R
The Promise of Liberty A Non-Utopian Vision - Lanham Lexington Books 2009 - 297p
includes index and biblioraphy
Theorists versus their theories : The Case of Agent Causation ...............31 Ethics and its Controversial Assumptions ...............41 Individualism and Human Success..............63 Virtue, Liberty, and Private Property: Aspects of Humanist political Economy ..........75 Economic Analysis and the Pursuit of liberty ..........83 Human Rights and Poverty .............89 Rights, Values, Regulation, and Health Care ............99 The Morality of Smoking ...........107 Philosophy, Physics and Common Sense ........121 The Calculation problem and the Tragedy of the Commons .........131 Government budget crises ............135 Some reflections on the Right to Private Property ............139 Revisiting a Critique of Libertarianism .....151 Leo Strauss, Neo-Conservative...........179 Tocqueville and Rand, Contrasting views of Individualism ........189 Can and Should the Constitution be rescued ..........201 The Distraction of Anarchism ...............213 Intellectual Stuff and the right to private property ............217 Fetel right : Implication of a Supposed Ought ..............221 1985 speculation: The Fate of Soviet colonies after the fall .........225 Does one have a Right to be Wrong ................233 Reflections on Democracy ...............241 Altruism versus business ethics .............255 Yes, Individualists should respect others rights............265
9780739130742 6657
Liberty
N51.6 / M181
The Promise of Liberty A Non-Utopian Vision - Lanham Lexington Books 2009 - 297p
includes index and biblioraphy
Theorists versus their theories : The Case of Agent Causation ...............31 Ethics and its Controversial Assumptions ...............41 Individualism and Human Success..............63 Virtue, Liberty, and Private Property: Aspects of Humanist political Economy ..........75 Economic Analysis and the Pursuit of liberty ..........83 Human Rights and Poverty .............89 Rights, Values, Regulation, and Health Care ............99 The Morality of Smoking ...........107 Philosophy, Physics and Common Sense ........121 The Calculation problem and the Tragedy of the Commons .........131 Government budget crises ............135 Some reflections on the Right to Private Property ............139 Revisiting a Critique of Libertarianism .....151 Leo Strauss, Neo-Conservative...........179 Tocqueville and Rand, Contrasting views of Individualism ........189 Can and Should the Constitution be rescued ..........201 The Distraction of Anarchism ...............213 Intellectual Stuff and the right to private property ............217 Fetel right : Implication of a Supposed Ought ..............221 1985 speculation: The Fate of Soviet colonies after the fall .........225 Does one have a Right to be Wrong ................233 Reflections on Democracy ...............241 Altruism versus business ethics .............255 Yes, Individualists should respect others rights............265
9780739130742 6657
Liberty
N51.6 / M181