03691nam 2200625 450 991081153770332120230721010856.00-7391-2647-40-7391-3053-6(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 enterprisePhilosophyEconomicsPhilosophyCapitalismPhilosophy.Free enterprisePhilosophy.EconomicsPhilosophy.330.12/20922Younkins Edward W(Edward Wayne),1948-1625634MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811537703321Champions of a free society3961239UNINA