03724nam 2200637 450 991045229780332120200520144314.00-7391-2647-40-7391-3053-6(CKB)2550000001109890(EBL)1331601(OCoLC)857364868(SSID)ssj0000956261(PQKBManifestationID)12469829(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000956261(PQKBWorkID)10964768(PQKB)10372372(MiAaPQ)EBC1331601(Au-PeEL)EBL1331601(CaPaEBR)ebr10934846(CaONFJC)MIL509838(EXLCZ)99255000000110989020140930h20082008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChampions of a free society ideas of capitalism's philosophers and economists /Edward W. YounkinsLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2008.©20081 online resource (407 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-2648-2 1-299-78587-5 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Ancient and Medieval Periods; 1 Lao Tzu's Naturalistic Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics; 2 Aristotle and Human Flourishing; 3 Aristotle and Economics; 4 Epicurus on Freedom and Happiness; 5 Thomas Aquinas's Christian Aristotelianism; Part II: Early Modern and Renaissance Periods; 6 Spinoza on Freedom, Ethics, and Politics; 7 John Locke's Limited State; 8 Turgot on Progress and Political Economy; 9 Adam Smith's Moral and Economic System; Part III: The Late Modern Period10 Jean-Baptiste Say's Law of Markets: A Fundamental, Conceptual Integration11 Herbert Spencer on Liberty and Human Progress; 12 Carl Menger's Economics of Well-Being; Part IV: The Contemporary Period; 13 Ludwig von Mises on Human Action; 14 Ayn Rand's Philosophy of Objectivism; 15 Murray Rothbard's Randian Austrianism; 16 The Road to Objective Economics: Hayek Takes a Wrong Tum; 17 Milton Friedman's Pragmatic and Incremental Libertarianism; 18 Mises, Friedman, and Rand: A Methodological Comparison; 19 James M. Buchanan: Constitutional and Post-Constitutional Political Economy20 Robert Nozick's Libertarian Framework for Utopias21 Reality Is Not Optional: Thomas Sowell's Vision of Man and Society; 22 Michael Novak's Vision of Democratic Capitalism; Part V: The Philosophy of Freedom: In Retrospect and Prospect; 23 Revisiting the Intellectual Heritage of a Free Society; 24 Developing a Paradigm for a Free Society; Index; About the AuthorThis book is written for individuals who want to learn about the philosophical foundations of political and economic freedom. It is an introduction and a guide to the principal theoretical ideas on liberty produced by the most influential and creative thinkers in history, with chapters on Adam Smith, Ludwig von Mises, and Carl Menger.CapitalismPhilosophyFree enterprisePhilosophyEconomicsPhilosophyElectronic books.CapitalismPhilosophy.Free enterprisePhilosophy.EconomicsPhilosophy.330.12/20922Younkins Edward W(Edward Wayne),1948-955243MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452297803321Champions of a free society2160812UNINA