Champions of a free society : ideas of capitalism's philosophers and economists / / Edward W. Younkins
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| Autore: |
Younkins Edward W (Edward Wayne), <1948->
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| Titolo: |
Champions of a free society : ideas of capitalism's philosophers and economists / / Edward W. Younkins
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2008 |
| ©2008 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (407 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.12/20922 |
| Soggetto topico: | Capitalism - Philosophy |
| Free enterprise - Philosophy | |
| Economics - Philosophy | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Period |
| 10 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 Economy | |
| 20 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 Author | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Champions of a free society |
| ISBN: | 0-7391-2647-4 |
| 0-7391-3053-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811537703321 |
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