Originally published: Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Humanities Press, 1982. With new introd. Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-293) and index. Access to some volumes or items may be restricted Restrictions unspecified star
Contents:
Part I. Introduction: Natural law -- 1. Natural law and reason -- 2. Natural law as "science" -- 3. Natural law versus positive law -- 4. Natural law and natural rights -- 5. The task of political philosophy -- Part II. A theory of liberty -- 6. A Crusoe social philosophy -- 7. Interpersonal relations: Voluntary exchange -- 8. Interpersonal relations: Ownership and aggression -- 9. Property and criminality -- 10. The problem of land theft -- 11. Land monopoly, past and present -- 12. Self-defense -- 13. Punishment and proportionality -- 14. Children and rights -- 15. "Human rights" as property rights -- 16. Knowledge, true and false -- 17. Bribery -- 18. The boycott -- 19. Property rights and the theory of contracts -- 20. Lifeboat situations -- 21. The "rights" of animals -- Part III. The state versus liberty -- 22. The nature of the state -- 23. The inner contradictions of the state -- 24. The moral status of relations to the state -- 25. On relations between states -- Part IV. Modern alternative theories of liberty -- 26. Utilitarian free-market economies -- A. Introduction: Utilitarian social philosophy -- B. The unanimity and compensation principles -- C. Ludwig von Mises and "value-free" laissez faire -- 27. Isaiah Berlin on negative freedom -- 28. F.A. Hayek and the concept of coercion -- 29. Robert Nozick and the immaculate conception of the state -- Part V. Toward a theory of strategy for liberty -- 30. Toward a theory of strategy for liberty.
Summary:
In his new introduction to this current edition of this classic in the field originally published in 1982, Hoppe (economics, U. of Nevada, Las Vegas--as was the late author) extols Rothbard's marriage of the "value-free" science of economics with the normative enterprise of ethics and their offspring: libertarianism. Discussion areas are: natural law, a theory of liberty, the state vs. liberty, modern alternative theories of liberty, and toward a theory of strategy for liberty.
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