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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454503603321

Autore

Machan Tibor R

Titolo

Libertarianism defended [[electronic resource] /] / by Tibor R. Machan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hants, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, 2006

ISBN

1-351-92230-0

1-315-25052-7

9786611097998

0-7546-8265-X

1-281-09799-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Disciplina

320.51/2

Soggetti

Libertarianism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Is it responsible to be free? -- The principles of the declaration : here to stay? -- Justice, self, and natural rights -- Individualism and the vitality of community life -- Economics and human values -- Finding the rational man -- A positive libertarian view of government -- Liberalism and atomistic individualism -- Anarchists and minarchists : allies after all? -- Robert Nozick and the libertarian alternative -- Will technology make us free? -- How critical is critical legal studies? -- Should you apologize? -- Between parent and child -- Should ads for hazardous goods be banned? -- The ideology of death that will not die -- Libertarianism and conservatism -- Socialism redux on the horizon -- Two philosophers skeptical of negative liberty -- Does libertarianism imply the welfare state? -- Democracy in public affairs and corporate governance -- Dependence of equality on liberty -- Why agreement isn't enough -- Against fairness.

Sommario/riassunto

Ever since the publication in 1974 of Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia, libertarianism has been much discussed within political philosophy, science and economy circles. Yet libertarianism has been so strongly identified with Nozick's version of it that little attention has been devoted to other than Nozick's ideas and arguments. While



Nozick's version of libertarianism has preoccupied the academic discussion Nozick himself did not respond to the many criticisms raised and yet other defenders of libertarianism have not remained silent. Jan Narveson, Loren Lomasky, Eric Mack, Douglas R