Foundations of a free society : reflections on Ayn Rand's political philosophy / edited by Gregory Salmieri and Robert Mayhew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salmieri, Gregory, editor.

Mayhew, Robert, editor.

Series:

Ayn Rand Society philosophical studies.

Ayn Rand Society philosophical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rand, Ayn.

Liberty--Social aspects.

Liberty.

Free will and determinism.

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 460 pages).

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]

Summary:

Foundations of a Free Society brings together some of the most knowledgeable Ayn Rand scholars and proponents of her philosophy, as well as notable critics, putting them in conversation with other intellectuals who also see themselves as defenders of capitalism and individual liberty. United by the view that there is something importantly right--though perhaps also much wrong--in Rand's political philosophy, contributors reflect on her views with the hope of furthering our understandings of what sort of society is best and why. The volume provides a robust elaboration and defense of the foundation of Rand's political philosophy in the principle that force paralyzes and negates the functioning of reason; it offers an in-depth scholarly discussion of Rand's view on the nature of individual rights and the role of government in defending them; it deals extensively with the similarities and differences between Rand's thought and the libertarian tradition (to which she is often assimilated) and objections to her positions arising from this tradition; it explores Rand's relation to the classical liberal tradition, specifically with regard to her defense of freedom of the intellect; and it discusses her views on the free market, with special attention to the relation between these views and those of the Austrian school of economics.

Contents:

The place of the non-initiation of force principle in Ayn Rand's philosophy / Darryl Wright

Force and the mind / Darryl Wright

The scope and justification of Rand's non-initiation of force principle / Darryl Wright

Ayn Rand's theory of rights: an exposition and response to critics / Fred D. Miller Jr., Adam Mossoff

A critique of Ayn Rand's theory of rights: response to Miller and Mossoff / Matt Zwolinski

Selfish regard for the rights of others: continuing a discussion with Zwolinski, Miller, and Mossoff / Gregory Salmieri

Ayn Rand and Robert Nozick on rights / Lester H. Hunt

Rand (contra Nozick) on individual rights and the emergence and justification of government / Onkar Ghate

Anarchism versus objectivism / Harry Binswanger

Defending liberty: the commonsense approach / Michael Huemer

Egoism, force, and the need for government: a response to Huemer / Harry Binswanger

A wall of separation between church and state: understanding this principle's supporting arguments and far-reaching implications / Onkar Ghate

The arc of liberalism: Locke, Mill, and Rand / Robert Garmong

Economic theory and conceptions of value: Rand and Austrians versus the mainstream / Robert Tarr

Mises, Rand, and the twentieth century / Peter J. Boettke

The head, the heart, and the ethics of capitalism: response to Boettke / Robert Garmong

The aristocracy of pull: an objectivist analysis of cronyism / Steve Simpson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822986539

0822986531