Escape from Leviathan Liberty, Welfare and Anarchy Reconciled
The principal criticism of libertarianism is that it would damage human welfare. In response, this book considers an extreme libertarian thesis: there is no conceptual or practical clash among the most plausible accounts of economic rationality, interpersonal liberty, human welfare, and private-prop...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2000, 2000
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The principal criticism of libertarianism is that it would damage human welfare. In response, this book considers an extreme libertarian thesis: there is no conceptual or practical clash among the most plausible accounts of economic rationality, interpersonal liberty, human welfare, and private-property anarchy. Eschewing moral advocacy as a distraction, it offers a critical-rationalist defence of this objective thesis from many criticisms in the literature |
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| Physical Description: | XI, 246 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230511545 |