Libertarianism DefendedAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 - 348 pages Ever since the publication in 1974 of Robert Nozick's 'Anarchy, State and Utopia', libertarianism has been much discussed within political philosophy, science and economy circles. Yet libertarianism has been so strongly identified with Nozick's version of it that little attention has been devoted to other than Nozick's ideas and arguments. While Nozick's version of libertarianism has preoccupied the academic discussion Nozick himself has not responded to the many criticisms raised and yet other defenders of libertarianism have not remained silent. Jan Narveson, Loren Lomasky, Eric Mack, Douglas Rasmussen, Douglas Den Uyl and many others have contributed many impressive arguments of their own in support of the libertarian idea that a political system is just when it successfully secures the rights of individuals understood within the Lockean classical liberal tradition. In this book, Tibor R. Machan analyses the state-of-the-debate on libertarianism post Nozick. books and other publications, he examines closely the alternative non-Nozickian defenses of libertarianism that have been advanced and, by applying these arguments to innumerable policy areas in the field, Machan achieves a new visibility and prominence for libertarianism. |
Contents
Defending Libertarianism | 1 |
INDIVIDUALISM AND LIBERTY | 11 |
Is It Responsible to be Free? | 13 |
Here to Stay? | 21 |
Justice Self and Natural Rights | 31 |
Individualism and the Vitality of Community Life | 71 |
Economics and Human Values | 83 |
Finding the Rational Man | 97 |
Between Parent and Child | 215 |
Should Ads for Hazardous Goods be Banned? | 223 |
HARD AND SOFT STATISM | 231 |
The Ideology of Death that Will Not Die | 233 |
Libertarianism and Conservatism | 241 |
Socialism Redux on the Horizon | 261 |
Two Philosophers Skeptical of Negative Liberty | 269 |
Does Libertarianism Imply the Welfare State? | 285 |
A Positive Libertarian View of Government | 121 |
Liberalism and Atomistic Individualism | 125 |
LIBERTARIANISM PER | 145 |
Allies After All? | 147 |
Robert Nozick and the Libertarian Alternative | 163 |
Will Technology Make Us Free? | 185 |
How Critical is Critical Legal Studies? | 191 |
Should You Apologize? | 203 |
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