The promise of liberty a non-utopian vision /

Machan, Tibor R.

The promise of liberty a non-utopian vision / [Texte imprimé] : Tibor R. Machan - Lanham : Lexington Books, c2009. - 1 vol. (xiii-297 p.) ; 24 cm.

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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

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