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Champions of a free society : ideas of capitalism's philosophers and economists / Edward W. Younkins.
Lippincott Library HB501 .Y682 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Younkins, Edward W. (Edward Wayne), 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capitalism--Philosophy.
- Capitalism.
- Free enterprise--Philosophy.
- Free enterprise.
- Economics--Philosophy.
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 392 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2008]
- Summary:
- Edward W. Younkins provides an overview of the ideas that provided the basis for what is called the classical liberal or libertarian worldview. An accessibly written book, Champions of a Free Society integrates the ideas of past and current thinkers into a logical, contemporary worldview that allows readers to explore the political and economic thinking behind the desirability and construction of a free society.
- Contents:
- Part I Ancient and Medieval Periods
- 1 Lao Tzu's Naturalistic Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics 29
- 2 Aristotle and Human Flourishing 35
- 3 Aristotle and Economics 49
- 4 Epicurus on Freedom and Happiness 61
- 5 Thomas Aquinas's Christian Aristotelianism 71
- Part II Early Modern and Renaissance Periods
- 6 Spinoza on Freedom, Ethics, and Politics 83
- 7 John Locke's Limited State 95
- 8 Turgot on Progress and Political Economy 109
- 9 Adam Smith's Moral and Economic System 123
- Part III The Late Modern Period
- 10 Jean-Baptiste Say's Law of Markets: A Fundamental, Conceptual Integration 137
- 11 Herbert Spencer on Liberty and Human Progress 149
- 12 Carl Menger's Economics of Well-Being 159
- Part IV The Contemporary Period
- 13 Ludwig von Mises on Human Action 181
- 14 Ayn Rand's Philosophy of Objectivism 201
- 15 Murray Rothbard's Randian Austrianism 219
- 16 The Road to Objective Economics: Hayek Takes a Wrong Turn 227
- 17 Milton Friedman's Pragmatic and Incremental Libertarianism 239
- 18 Mises, Friedman, and Rand: A Methodological Comparison 259
- 19 James M. Buchanan: Constitutional and Post-Constitutional Political Economy 267
- 20 Robert Nozick's Libertarian Framework for Utopias 277
- 21 Reality Is Not Optional: Thomas Sowell's Vision of Man and Society 289
- 22 Michael Novak's Vision of Democratic Capitalism 297
- Part V The Philosophy of Freedom: In Retrospect and Prospect
- 23 Revisiting the Intellectual Heritage of a Free Society 315
- 24 Developing a Paradigm for a Free Society 333.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739126479
- 0739126474
- 9780739126486
- 0739126482
- 9780739110768
- 9780739110775
- OCLC:
- 228676591
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