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Ever since the publication in 1974 of Robert Nozick's 'Anarchy, State and Utopia', libertarianism has been much discussed within political philosophy, science and economy circles. Yet libertarianism has been so strongly identified with Nozick's version of it that little attention has been devoted to other than Nozick's ideas and arguments. While Nozick's version of libertarianism has preoccupied the academic discussion Nozick himself has not responded to the many criticisms raised and yet other defenders of libertarianism have not remained silent. Jan Narveson, Loren Lomasky, Eric Mack, Douglas Rasmussen, Douglas Den Uyl and many others have contributed many impressive arguments of their own in support of the libertarian idea that a political system is just when it successfully secures the rights of individuals understood within the Lockean classical liberal tradition. In this book, Tibor R. Machan analyses the state-of-the-debate on libertarianism post Nozick. Going far beyond, the often cursory treatment of libertarianism in major books and other publications, he examines closely the alternative non-Nozickian defenses of libertarianism that have been advanced and, by applying these arguments to innumerable policy areas in the field, Machan achieves a new visibility and prominence for libertarianism.
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Tibor R. Machan is Professor of Business Ethics at Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, California, USA.
Ever since the publication in 1974 of Robert Nozick's 'Anarchy, State and Utopia', libertarianism has been much discussed within political philosophy, science and economy circles. Yet libertarianism has been so strongly identified with Nozick's version of it that little attention has been devoted to other than Nozick's ideas and arguments. While Nozick's version of libertarianism has preoccupied the academic discussion Nozick himself has not responded to the many criticisms raised and yet other defenders of libertarianism have not remained silent. Jan Narveson, Loren Lomasky, Eric Mack, Douglas Rasmussen, Douglas Den Uyl and many others have contributed many impressive arguments of their own in support of the libertarian idea that a political system is just when it successfully secures the rights of individuals understood within the Lockean classical liberal tradition. In this book, Tibor R. Machan analyses the state-of-the-debate on libertarianism post Nozick. Going far beyond, the often cursory treatment of libertarianism in major books and other publications, he examines closely the alternative non-Nozickian defenses of libertarianism that have been advanced and, by applying these arguments to innumerable policy areas in the field, Machan achieves a new visibility and prominence for libertarianism.
About the Author
Tibor R. Machan is Professor of Business Ethics at Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, California, USA.
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When I speak of defending libertarianism, I have in mind taking up various challenges of the position and showing why they are misguided or unfounded. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
negative individual liberty, social compact theory, natural rights position, human community life, coercive monopoly, good human community, classical individualism, libertarian alternative, other libertarians, welfare statists, natural rights theory, libertarian politics, classical liberal tradition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Ayn Rand, Robert Nozick, John Locke, Oxford University Press, Basic Books, Declaration of Independence, Den Uyl, First Amendment, Richard Rorty, Harvard University Press, Milton Friedman, Cambridge University Press, John Rawls, Karl Marx, Princeton University Press, Eric Mack, Leo Strauss, Ludwig von Mises, Thomas Hobbes, James Buchanan, Jan Narveson, Soviet Union, Arlington House New!
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