On ordered liberty : a treatise on the free society / Samuel Gregg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gregg, Samuel, 1969-

Series:

Religion, politics, and society in the new millennium

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty.

Liberalism.

Liberty--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

xvi, 127 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2003]

Summary:

On Ordered Liberty goes beyond the liberal and conservative divide, asking its readers to think about the proper ends of human choice and actions in a free society. Beginning with the insights of Alexis de Tocqueville and some natural law sources, author Samuel Gregg suggests that integral law must be distinguished from most contemporary visions of freedom. This requires, he believes, a complete repudiation of utilitarian ideas as incompatable with human nature and further analysis of the basic but often neglected-question: what is man?

Contents:

1. The Case for Liberty 1

2. Contra Ratio: John Stuart Mill 13

3. The Drama of Human Freedom 29

4. Law and Liberty 51

5. Whither the State? 69

6. Little Platoons 89

7. Reflections of a "Catholic Whig" 105.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0739106228

0739106686

OCLC:

51923465