The liberty option / Tibor R. Machan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Machan, Tibor R.

Series:

Societas (Imprint Academic (Firm)) ; v. 5.

Societas : essays in political and cultural criticism ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty--Philosophy.

Liberty.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 p.)

Place of Publication:

Exeter : Imprint Academic, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Liberty Option advances the idea that for compelling moral as well as practical reasons it is the free society - with the rule of law founded on the principles of private property rights, its complete respect for individual sovereignty and properly limited legal authorities - not one or another version of statism that serves justice best, is most prosperous and encourages the greatest measure of individual virtue on the part of the citizenry. The work shows why this is so and lays out so...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: A Short Lesson About Liberty; Body matter; 1: Why Freedom Remains the Priority; 2: Financing Law Without Taxation; 3: Private Property Rights; 4: The Gist of a System of Liberty; 5: Liberty - Abstract & Concrete; Back matter; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-69260-0

1-84540-363-0

OCLC:

809768342