Ethics of Liberty

Name: Ethics of Liberty
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ISBN: 9780814775592

ISBN-10: 0814775594

ISBN-13: 9780814775592

Edition: 2003

Authors: Murray N. Rothbard, Hans-Hermann Hoppe

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In recent years, libertarian impulses have increasingly influenced national and economic debates, from welfare reform to efforts to curtail affirmative action. Murray N. Rothbard's classic The Ethics of Liberty stands as one of the most rigorous and philosophically sophisticated expositions of the libertarian political position. What distinguishes Rothbard's book is the manner in which it roots the case for freedom in the concept of natural rights and applies it to a host of practical problems. An economist by profession, Rothbard here proves himself equally at home with philosophy. And while his conclusions are radical--that a social order that strictly adheres to the rights of private…

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List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 2/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.95" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

The author of numerous books, the late Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995) was the S. J. Hall Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Academic Vice President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.

Hans-Hermann Hoppeis Professor of Economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.



Introduction


Acknowledgments


Preface



Introduction: Natural Law



Natural Law and Reason



Natural Law as "Science"



Natural Law versus Positive Law



Natural Law and Natural Rights



The Task of Political Philosophy



A Theory of Liberty



A Crusoe Social Philosophy



Interpersonal Relations: Voluntary Exchange



Interpersonal Relations: Ownership and Aggression



Property and Criminality



The Problem of Land Theft



Land Monopoly, Past and Present



Self-Defense



Punishment and Proportionality



Children and Rights



"Human Rights" As Property Rights



Knowledge, True and False



Bribery



The Boycott



Property Rights and the Theory of Contracts



Lifeboat Situations



The "Rights" of Animals



The State Versus Liberty



The Nature of the State



The Inner Contradictions of the State



The Moral Status of Relations to the State



On Relations Between States



Modern Alternative Theories of Liberty



Utilitarian Free-Market Economics



Introduction: Utilitarian Social Philosophy



The Unanimity and Compensation Principles



Ludwig von Mises and "Value-Free" Laissez Faire



Isaiah Berlin on Negative Freedom



F.A. Hayek and The Concept of Coercion



Robert Nozick and the Immaculate Conception of the State



Toward a Theory of Strategy for Liberty



Toward a Theory of Strategy for Liberty


Bibliography


Index