The Ethics of LibertyIn his new introduction to this current edition of this classic in the field originally published in 1982 (Humanities Press), Hoppe (economics, U. of Nevada, Las Vegas--as was the late author) extols Rothbard's marriage of the "value-free" science of economics with the normative enterprise of ethics and their offspring: libertarianism. Discussion areas are: natural law, a theory of liberty, the state vs. liberty, modern alternative theories of liberty, and toward a theory of strategy for liberty. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Natural Law as Science | 15 |
Natural Law and Natural Rights | 21 |
A Crusoe Social Philosophy | 29 |
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