02973nam 2200577 a 450 991045463480332120200520144314.01-282-49349-397866124934920-7391-3076-5(CKB)1000000000723065(EBL)467139(OCoLC)317493944(SSID)ssj0000229169(PQKBManifestationID)12094666(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000229169(PQKBWorkID)10171501(PQKB)11657907(MiAaPQ)EBC467139(Au-PeEL)EBL467139(CaPaEBR)ebr10353440(CaONFJC)MIL249349(EXLCZ)99100000000072306520080908d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe promise of liberty[electronic resource] a non-utopian vision /Tibor R. MachanLanham, MD Lexington Booksc20091 online resource (312 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-3074-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Why moral judgments can be objective -- Theorists versus their theories : the case of agent causation -- Ethics and its controversial assumptions -- Individualism and human success -- Virtue, liberty, and private property : aspects of humanist political economy -- Economic analysis and the pursuit of liberty -- Human rights and poverty -- Rights, values, regulation, and health care -- The morality of smoking -- Philosophy, physics, and common sense -- The calculation problem and the tragedy of the commons -- Government budget crises -- Some reflections on the right to private property -- Revisiting a critique of libertarianism -- Leo Strauss, neo-conservative? -- Tocqueville and Rand, contrasting views of individualism -- Can and should the constitution be rescued? -- The distraction of anarchism -- "Intellectual" stuff and the right to private property -- Fetal rights : implications of a supposed ought -- 1985 speculation : the fate of Soviet colonies after the fall -- Does one have a right to be wrong? -- Reflections on democracy -- Altruism (stakeholder theory) versus business ethics -- Yes, individualists should respect others' rights.The fully free society is but a promise, rarely completely fulfilled but clearly a possibility, not a utopia. This work shows both the promise and why it can be reasonably well fulfilled.LibertyPhilosophyLibertyElectronic books.LibertyPhilosophy.Liberty.320.01/1Machan Tibor R120079MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454634803321The promise of liberty2036542UNINA